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Their impetus of drunken fun ranges from the longingly somber to the deepest screams.
Much of the impetus for change had been provided by 1926 legislation establishing the nation's broad aeronautical policy.
Given that impetus, the Jets went on to whomp the Packers and gain the coveted spot in the playoff.
But the troubles in Northern Ireland added renewed impetus which continues to this day.
Most experts also thought the Bank would hold its fire for fear of giving fresh impetus to house price rises or high consumer debt levels.
If there is a winner it will give this team a big impetus and a massive lift going into the final four games.
Largely under the impetus of the odd order theorem, there was an awakening interest in finite group theory.
Obviously, the old murder-mystery impetus is there, and the red herrings and shock revelations are being doled out as standard.
A congregation's ritual of eating, learning and worshiping together all lend the theological impetus for continuing such practices in the home.
She is mining from a rich vein of traditional heritage in the Erris region and adding a new impetus along the way.
The impetus and content of gangster rap may have originated in the desperation and backwardness of the inner-city population.
His impetus was seeded by an art teacher who believed art history began in 1960 with Vito Acconci, a New York-based experimental artist.
Recognising the importance of advertising a public event became the impetus for two simultaneous activities.
Capitalist internationalism received new impetus from its opposition to communist or socialist internationalism of the Cold War era.
Renaissance science also received added impetus from the increased transmission of knowledge between east and west.
The big striker, who moves with intent rather than rather than noticeable impetus, said afterwards that his second goal had proved crucial.
Hollywood had the talent pool and financial impetus to justify cranking them out in large numbers.
The song is melodic enough but lacks the impetus of other tracks due to over production and sickly-sweet vocals.
This provided the impetus necessary for the commercial use of the rubber tree.
Lola's desperate and often ludic attempts to exact revenge on Ricardo and Wendy provide the central narrative impetus.
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Examples from Classical Literature
On the grappa, under the impetus of the Fourth Army's thrust, the enemy front had collapsed.
The impetus of the crowd had carried Miette and Silvere along in this direction.
It was indeed the doctor, who, carried by the impetus, rolled into the room.
As the tone poem expanded from this inspiration, he gained still greater impetus from the mere tonic of success.
This trial, even by its mere publicity and apart from its issue, gave an enormous impetus to the neo-malthusian movement.
When the stage showed signs of coming ahead too fast Cal shoved the foot brake forward, at once checking the impetus.
Etta, the acid-tongued, the ferret-faced, was not the sort to go off without the impetus of a dowry.
Actually, the impetus for doing Hangman's Daughter, my original pitch, was to tell the story of Ambrose Bierce and vampires.
If anything had been needed to give an impetus to Jack McMurdo's popularity among his fellows it would have been his arrest and acquittal.
Wensleydale tells me the true impetus to bolt was the merest trifle.
But the shock was insufficient to repel the impetus of the charge.
The school district's Web design academies are a dynamic way that our school district can provide an impetus to help our community move forward.
Smiling, but somehow disillusioned, she jumped out, and her impetus carried her to the front-door.
That bravado gave impetus to the pointed insolence on the breakwater.
To continue using the term suicide unguardedly would be irresponsible and implants the personal impetus perspective as preeminent.
In 1311 a new impetus was given to the whole ceremony by the establishment of the late spring festival of Corpus Christi, a celebration of the doctrine of transubstantiation.
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