| A general thrust of my argument is that the postmodern turn in anthropology threatens to be a paper tiger. |
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| Resultantly, the CBI has come out as merely a toothless, diseased paper tiger whose roar is more effective than its maul. |
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| Nor is it a paper tiger intended to give workers the illusion of genuine information and consultation. |
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| Whatever legislation we enact will remain a paper tiger if we do not enforce it. |
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| The EU now has a unique opportunity to demonstrate that the Constitution is not just a paper tiger. |
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| It is a shame that the most the Liberals can do is be a paper tiger, which is what they have done today. |
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| Parliamentary oversight without some possibility of sanction is paper tiger democracy and we want something better. |
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| We do not want a paper tiger but sound European tracing and penal agreements. |
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| In the event, it turns out that the SEC has imposed no sanction of any material consequence, and is in danger of becoming a paper tiger under new chairman, Harvey Pitt. |
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| In the final analysis, this Parliament has grown from a paper tiger into a watchdog of democracy, and that is down to politics. |
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| If the public get the impression that the Data Protection Supervisor is nothing more than a paper tiger, they will not trust the European Union. |
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| Both these elements ensure that the ILO is not merely a paper tiger, but actively plays a key role in the general debate. |
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| Without legislative measures in the field of warning labels and advertising bans, the alcohol strategy will be a paper tiger. |
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| Contrary to what some had feared, it has not turned out to be a paper tiger. |
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| The factory muscle car still looked the part, but it had become a paper tiger. |
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| What is important is that he or she should not be a paper tiger, but have a clear and strong mandate. |
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| I have just elaborated on a few rather important amendments which if they were passed would transform this bill, I must say and with regret, from a weak law into a paper tiger. |
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| But a paper tiger doesn't fall over until you push it. |
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| Without such a procedure, the whole article remains a paper tiger. |
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| A paper tiger instead of a comprehensive horizontal directive perhaps? |
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| If we only set up a temporary committee, the European Parliament will just be viewed as a paper tiger in its endeavours to cast some light on the activities of Echelon. |
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| Chemicals legislation has to be effective, and not just a paper tiger. |
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| With per-capita G. D. P. still so paltry, the country is a paper tiger. |
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| The cooperation and verification mechanism, for which the President of the Commission himself is responsible, is a paper tiger, and the progress reports are not worthy of the name. |
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| Since I am running out of time, I will conclude by saying that we agree with the principle of the bill, but it needs to be amended to give it more teeth because, as it is now, it seems to be nothing more than a paper tiger. |
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| We must remember that resolution 1441 is not a paper tiger. |
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| That is why all Member States must get down to effective market control, for without this market control, this directive remains a paper tiger, as was already the case with the previous directive. |
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| As matters stand at the moment it is a paper tiger and Nigel Farage realises this. |
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| The tutorial level is simple enough but a later boss fight with a paper tiger is epic and exacting. |
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| Also debunked are the beliefs that Russia is still reeling from its Afghanistan adventure, that it is suffering and paralyzed by sanctions, and that it is a paper tiger. |
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