Decision
Meanings and phrases
decision
- the act of making up your mind about something; determination; conclusion
- a position or opinion or judgment reached after consideration; determination; conclusion
- (boxing) a victory won on points when no knockout has occurred
- the outcome of a game or contest
- the trait of resoluteness as evidenced by firmness of character or purpose; decisiveness
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- a ruling by the Supreme Court on affirmative action; the Court ruled in 1978 that medical schools are entitled to consider race as a factor in their admission policy
n.
- someone who administers a business; administrator
- The fund manager is the decision maker for their portfolios.
- Minister of the Interior Pierre Joxe was the key decision maker who authorized the creation of the unit.
- The decision maker, often a jury, but sometimes a judge, decides whether the burden of proof has been fulfilled.
n.
- the cognitive process of reaching a decision; deciding
- This helps avert a save-reload approach to decision making.
- Subject orientation can be really useful for decision making.
- Hume calls this form of decision making the liberty of spontaneity.
n.
- a judgment disposing of the case before the court; after the judgment (or an appeal from it) is rendered all that remains is to enforce the judgment; final judgment
- The final decision is by no means a foregone conclusion.
- It is not clear what the final decision was.
n.
- (law) the determination by a court of competent jurisdiction on matters submitted to it; judgment; judgement
n.
- a boxing decision in which the judges are not unanimous
- He won the back-and-forth fight by split decision.
- Kotiev retained the championship by split decision.
- He won the back-and-forth fight via split decision.
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- Burrell defeated Villefort via unanimous decision.
- He won the one-sided fight by unanimous decision.
- Ultimately, Tamura was awarded a unanimous decision.
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- In 2016 decision was made to accept female students.
- In 1934 a decision was made to demolish Horsley Hall.
- The final investment decision was made in October 2009.
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- Her mother made the decision to drop her surname.
- made the decision to continue as a three-piece.
- Bryan Konietzko made the decision to have it removed.
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- Burrell defeated Villefort via unanimous decision.
- He won via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28).
- Koscheck lost the fight via unanimous decision.
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- He also questioned Pompey's decision not to charge.
- Price criticised the decision not to require a broadcast apology.
- However I have made the decision not to be a part of an O-Town reunion.
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- This decision was taken by the Sejm on 6 July 2004.
- The decision was taken to extend the season.
- The decision was taken to disband the club.
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- Manager Steve Bruce explained his decision to leave out Sadler of the squad.
- This event was crucial in his decision to leave cycling and take up athletics.
- It is the later death of C'rizz that prompts her decision to leave the TARDIS.
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- A court decision ordered his release on January 31 2018.
- In February 2016, a court decision to dissolve the party was upheld.
- NhRP also filed an appeal to Hercules and Leo's lower court decision.
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- Currently Gilauri set his advisory boutique for public sector decision makers.
- These tactics were supported by the majority of decision makers and American civilians.
- Audiences and decision makers for any type of choice change suddenly and unpredictably.
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- An odd decision made at RC(S) changed the tone of the battle.
- The "Roe v. Wade" Supreme Court decision made abortion legal in 1973.
- This final rebranding was due to a decision made by the Commerzbank in March 2010.
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- Then they make a decision to choose the shape of a dog.
- When this happened, the monarch was usually called on to make a decision.
- He said, "We're speaking with him [Defoe] and then we'll make a decision.
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- McAllister walked away with a points decision over Kellet.
- He won a points decision over 12 rounds.
- Cook outboxed Bennett to claim a close but unanimous points decision.
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- He lost the fight via controversial majority decision.
- Hansen lost to Erin Blanchfield via majority decision.
- Lovato defeated Mousasi by majority decision.
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- He won the back-and-forth fight via split decision.
- He lost the back and forth fight via split decision.
- Montague won via split decision (28-29, 29-28, 30-27).
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- I made a decision that I was going to get away on holiday.
- In 1851 Ostrovsky made a decision to devote himself entirely to literature and theatre.
- New Zealand made a decision not to convey an authorised rugby team to South Africa again.
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- The Rockies' decision to move Kim to the bullpen was controversial.
- As soon as William recovered, he made the decision to move back to Merrill.
- His decision to move several of his own businesses to Wales created 500 jobs.
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- The Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals subsequently affirmed Judge Kimball’s decision.
- A commentator exclaimed, "What is the worst part of the Supreme Court’s decision in "R v Comeau"?
- By repudiating the debt, the Soviet government implemented the Petrograd Soviet’s decision of 1905.
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- His attorney, Julius Grey, appealed the decision.
- Douglas appealed the decision but his claim was rejected.
- The tribe appealed the decision to the Ninth Circuit Court.
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- The Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals subsequently affirmed Judge Kimball’s decision.
- A commentator exclaimed, "What is the worst part of the Supreme Court’s decision in "R v Comeau"?
- By repudiating the debt, the Soviet government implemented the Petrograd Soviet’s decision of 1905.
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- This was a controversial decision, and was opposed by some people.
- Burnett lost a controversial decision to Miletich at UFC Ultimate Brazil.
- In a controversial decision, Washington and Mansour fought to a 10-round draw.
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- That day, Kumaresan took the decision of remaining single.
- Two years later, in 1930, his wife took the decision to return with her child to Denmark.
- After a successful first season in the First Division, the clubs took the decision to split.
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- Kansas State announced his decision on May 17, 2013.
- In December 2002, he announced his decision to turn pro before his upcoming graduation.
- On January 8, 2013, Joeckel announced his decision to forgo his final year of eligibility.
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- After each student decided whether or not to cheat, they justified this decision to make themselves feel good.
- This decision was met by outrage from the Islanders who thought that it should have been their decision to make.
- The truth is that if a proposal comes from Team USA to play for them, I will have a very difficult decision to make.
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- They are marked ND for non-decision or no decision.
- Ponson got a no decision in the 5–4 loss to the Cleveland Indians.
- In the end, no decision is made.
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- The IEEE board in 2002 rescinded its decision to use approval voting.
- The decision to use a time or cost ratio turns on the problem at hand.
- He later clashed with committee members who were unhappy with his decision to use the money to buy a motor car.
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- The decision to build the line was taken by the Parliament of Norway in 1894.
- The decision to build this powerline was made in 1977 and it went in operation in 1985.
- The decision to build the museum was taken by the Subcarpathian Regional Assembly in June 2008.
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- She has now filed an appeal against the decision.
- An appeal against the decision was rejected.
- Alfie's parents appealed against the decision in late February.
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- One of the main reasons given for the decision to close the system was its worn-out fleet.
- Thus, it concluded that the decision to close Mardon House constituted unfairness amounting to an abuse of power.
- Susan Kennedy asks Ajay if he can reverse the council's decision to close PirateNet and he agrees to look into it.
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- By 1969, Hyman was reconsidering her decision to retire.
- The band's breakup was the result of Ed Volker's decision to retire.
- She finally made her decision to retire when her husband asked her to.
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- His decision to become a writer was made as a teenager, "at 16".
- Bader won the rematch again by split decision to become the new Light Heavyweight champion.
- On November 12, 2015 Vladislav Ramm announced his decision to become an independent solo artist.
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- I've never said I didn't support a decision to go to war."
- CBH's decision to go to tender was influenced by greater competition.
- In his first two years with the Aces, Alaska's decision to go "younger" paid off.
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- “I had to make the decision of whether my life was more valuable that the life of someone else.
- In order to make the decision, we compare P to the string at M. If P is identical to M, search is complete.
- This system helps recommend the proper products to the customers and helps customers make the decision during the purchasing process.
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- Random Forests have thus been used for clinical decision support systems.
- Moreover, the operational systems were frequently reexamined as new decision support requirements emerged.
- In larger corporations, it was typical for multiple decision support environments to operate independently.
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- Ruslan Karaev took out Nordstrand by a unanimous decision victory.
- After two rounds Magny was awarded the unanimous decision victory.
- His first fight resulted in a sixth-round decision victory over Joe Wade.
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- The competitive fight resulted in a "razor-thin" unanimous decision win for Papazov.
- He recaptured the belt on May 3, 2007, with a unanimous decision win over Nobuo Nashiro.
- After 15:00 the fight went to the judges, and they awarded a split decision win to Rizzo.
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- In 1795, Muter and Sebastian rendered a decision against Kentucky pioneer Simon Kenton in a land title case.
- Saenchai took a unanimous decision against Spanish Jonathan Fabian at Yokkao 26 on September 11, 2017, in Hong Kong.
- Fragomeni made his professional debut on 19 May 2001, winning a four-round points decision against Henry Kolle Njume.
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- Nasution also added that he would back Suharto's decision to not let Pranoto go to Halim.
- Estabrooks also announced his decision to not seek re-election in the next provincial election due to his health concerns.
- Some candidates collaborated with political parties to hold protests against the HKEAA's decision to not readminister the paper.
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- Moshkow's lawyer said he would appeal the decision.
- The petitioners planned to appeal the decision.
- American Express asserted that it would appeal the decision.
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- By the time the system was restored, the game had resumed, meaning the decision to allow the goal stood.
- This was followed in the 1843 by a decision to allow students of other colleges to become fellows at Trinity.
- Environmentalists criticized the decision to allow Foxconn to draw 7 million gallons of water per day from Lake Michigan.
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- It opens with Cécile's internal dialogue regarding her decision to take such an early train.
- Reed later cited the incident as shaping the Reed family's decision to take the company private.
- Comiskey's decision to take part in organizing a new professional football league based on the 1902 NFL was never made public.
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- Long's decision to join the Air Force was inspired by that of his childhood friend, Wah Kau Kong.
- The decision to join CARICOM stirred up a huge amount of debate and speculation among the Bermudian community and politicians.
- (The decision to join Sleazy was easier thanks to Sleazy giving them crack cocaine, for which they developed an instant affinity.)
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- Sippy Downs was established as a suburb in 1993 following the decision by the Shire of Maroochy to rezone the area.
- The team was the first female four-person team to compete following the decision to make the event gender neutral in late 2014.
- After an outcry following the decision, YouTube reinstated these two videos, along with retracting the copyright "strikes" applied.
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- In December 2018, Maddow criticized President Trump's decision to withdraw U.S. troops from Syria.
- draw on 19 January, however later made the decision to withdraw themselves from the competition before its commencement.
- David Davies, however, did not withdraw and in his speech accepting nomination was particularly critical of Richard's decision to withdraw.
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- Typically, the decision making process incorporates the analysis of one or more visualizations of data.
- Ordeals the divine methods of proof and Oaths for simple cases were used to help in the decision making process.
- Participants have other demands on their time, and actively arrive to, and leave from, the decision making process.
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- "It was a difficult decision for me," Davis said.
- Due to a number of commercial factors we have had to make this difficult decision.
- Club chairman Paul Wildes stated that "this has been a difficult decision for both parties".
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- Fauziya was granted asylum on June 13, 1996, in the landmark decision Matter of Kasinga.
- The completion of Tellico Dam was nearly halted by a landmark decision by the Supreme Court regarding the Endangered Species Act.
- Dr Jalmi has however remained in the history of Parliamentary democracy with his landmark decision in 1990 that speaker cannot be part of defections.
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- The decision came only in 1960.
- In the final race, the decision came: UKR gold, AUT bronze and NED silver.
- The decision came at the recommendation of U.S. Trade Representative Carla A.
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- The suspension decision was reversed that night.
- However this decision was reversed by the Court of Appeal.
- The decision was reversed by the IWF after four days of blocking.
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- There was strong public objection to the decision regarding the event.
- ECS and RCS identification is necessary in a decision regarding the SCA's social media application.
- Any decision regarding points awarded for abandoned games is left to the individual football associations.
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- The Supreme Court reversed the decision of the High Court.
- He would have reversed the decision of the Court of Claims.
- The Supreme Court reversed the decision of the Fifth Circuit.
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- He launched an appeal against the decision to remove him as national treasurer.
- On Olympus, she pleaded against Athena's decision to remove the gods from Earth's affairs.
- In 2003 the Youth Justice Board made the decision to remove the juvenile population from Onley.
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- She ultimately made a conscious decision to steer away from politicised lyrics.
- The fast pace of the game was a conscious decision by the developers of the game.
- This believer's baptism is opposed to baptism of infants, who are not able to make a conscious decision to be baptized.
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- This decision was not accepted by all family members.
- The decision was not announced publicly until successful completion of Apollo 7.
- The decision was not appealed to a higher court, but had a powerful influence on subsequent rulings.
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- This made the actress realise that she made the right decision.
- Senderos himself claimed he made the right decision joining the Gunners.
- Umar said that that was the right decision and at once appointed Shuraih as the Qadi of Kufa.
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- This anarchic view of decision making contrasts with traditional decision theory.
- Rabinowicz's areas of expertise include ethics, normativity, decision theory and utilitarianism.
- He is known for his expertise on epistemology, decision theory, mathematical logic and philosophy of mathematics.
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- This can cause a consumer to delay or opt out of making a decision.
- The Parole Board must consider these submissions before making a decision.
- The Spartans, who were at that time celebrating the festival of Hyacinthus, delayed making a decision for 10 days.
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- On 1 February 2009, the ICC reversed their earlier decision, and changed the match result back to a win for England.
- This had been preceded by the overturning by the High Court of her earlier decision to hold the inquest without a jury.
- Reversing his earlier decision to retire, LaRussa also joined the Diamondbacks in May 2014, in a front office role as Chief Baseball Officer.
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- Chinese leadership has made a political decision to do the opposite.
- We need to build a process from the sensor all the way to the political decision makers."
- A city's economic development functions and for the political decision to mobilize public capital.
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- The reasoning behind Stephen's decision to release his rival remains unclear.
- The decision to release the declaration was taken by the British War Cabinet on 31 October 1917.
- With this new strategy came the decision to release separate singles simultaneously to each market.
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- They made the decision to change the flight plan so the commander was the first to egress from the spacecraft.
- The ambiguity was the result of a NASA decision to change designation of missions starting in Fiscal Year 1984.
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- The decision taken by the minister of justice Ivo Samkalden provoked a public outcry.
- Former players reacted with astonishment at the harsh decision taken by the team management.
- Attempting to legitimize any decision taken, Abe polled all of the "daimyō" for their opinions.
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- When he returned, he had made the decision to end the strip.
- Miller made the decision to end the band entirely, writing, "I can’t do Mister Loveless without Charlie.
- On 9 January 2012 he announced his decision to end his playing career to focus on studying for a UEFA Pro Licence and become a coach.
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- In the end, no decision is made.
- Depending on how this decision is made, approval voting satisfies different sets of criteria.
- The right to be heard refers to the right for a party's case to be heard before a decision is made.
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- This decision was based in part on socio-political reasons.
- The decision was based on experience from Danish and foreign special forces.
- This decision was based upon the public concern of sports doping and its negative effects on athletes.
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- The Government announced its decision in July 1952.
- In June 2018, Viacom announced its decision to discontinue VIVA at the end of 2018.
- At about the same time the ABC announced its decision not to buy any further new episodes of "Doctor Who".
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- An example of a decision problem is the following.
- A "decision problem" is a yes-or-no question on an infinite set of inputs.
- A decision problem which can be solved by an algorithm is called "decidable".
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- In 1953, Alexander was involved in the decision to create a new art gallery in Hamilton.
- The decision to create such a character was backed up by research in the US government study "".
- They made the decision to create a consumable product in a liquid form that could be classified as a supplement.
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- The national park authority received 1,700 objections before making the decision.
- House could not forgive Stacy for making the decision, which caused their relationship to end.
- A chance encounter in a supermarket ultimately results in Marker making the decision to move to Eton.
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- In September 2018, this decision was overturned.
- However, the decision was overturned by the House of Lords.
- Most of the decision was overturned by the Supreme Court of Israel in January 1958.
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- A decision on whether the proposal will go ahead was to have been announced in March 2017.
- Often, Stalin had the ultimate decision on whether a newly produced film was appropriate for public viewing.
- The study reassures that an inmate's decision on whether or not to report sexual assault depends again on a multitude of factors.
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- In May 2009, Spina defeated Tiwon Taylor by eight round decision.
- The fight went to another extra round decision that saw Musashi the winner.
- On January 18, 2003, Riley defeated Angie Bordelon by a six round decision in Raleigh, North Carolina.
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- He announced his decision to give them a second chance and did not kick them off of the show.
- The disturbed conditions in Mexico were large factors in my decision to give up our home in that country.
- In 2008, he made the decision to give up martial arts and transferred to second division team Jönköpings Södra.
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- Bob's team makes the unanimous decision to send Joelle home.
- Bertha's influence may have led to Pope Gregory I's decision to send Augustine as a missionary from Rome.
- Charles questions Cyclops' decision to send X-Force to hunt down his own son, Cable, in front of the students.
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- The administration ended on 21 August 1919 following a decision made by caucus to do so two months earlier.
- TVNZ vacated the building in late 1998 following a decision to move all of their Christchurch-produced shows to Wellington.
- Both associations voted to join to form a new single association in 2003, following a decision to set this process in motion in 1998.
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- In 1914, Roosevelt made an ill-conceived decision to run for the seat of retiring Republican Senator Elihu Root of New York.
- Mushaima was a leading member in Al Wefaq opposition group until resigning in 2005 due to their decision to run in 2006 parliamentary election.
- Wang, who had left the office for the day, reportedly returned to the paper after midnight to reverse the staff editors' decision to run a full story.
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- Two years later, in 1930, his wife took the decision to return with her child to Denmark.
- The birth of his son Wesley in January 2018 influenced his decision to return to Kentucky for his senior year.
- He and his three colleagues were instructed to announce the death of her husband Francis II of France, and her decision to return to Scotland.
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- After the government decision the number of municipalities has reached 217 in Nepal.
- The village was submerged under Rangeli Municipality in May 2014 following the government decision.
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- The decision to sell the team was approved on March 22.
- Bobby Winkles resigned as Oakland's manager after Finley's impulsive decision to sell the club's most effective relief pitcher.
- In the lawsuit, Plaintiffs argued that the Mayor’s decision to sell the easement was brought about by the undue influence of the LDS Church.
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- He slowed down his movements, such as the decision whether to jump or not.
- For females, the decision whether to mate or not when courted by a male largely depends on the courtship song.
- Joubert previously experienced back problems and said his condition would factor in his decision whether to compete in pairs.
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- “It is our own responsibility, our own decision.
- Hei then ask Vincent why he always make his own decision and why she can't do something for him.
- Berengaria did not attend them, either because she was not advised of them or by her own decision.
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- Three key aspects of the efficiency of the decision process are problem activity, problem latency, and decision time.
- This is also known as cancellation, meaning that possible options are yielding to the same outcome thus ignoring decision process in that stage.
- Currently, the FDA decision process lacks transparency, however, efforts are underway to standardize the benefit-risk assessment of new medicines.
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- The court disagreed, affirming the original decision and upholding the conviction.
- High Court Judge Rita Joseph-Olivetti found in favour of Digicel and quashed the original decision.
- It found that the original decision by Liverpool Council on the planning application was not corrupt.
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- Peter was chief when the decision to acquire the vessel was made.
- This was decided because the Breakers had the top NBL ladder spot of the South teams at the end of Round 9, when the decision was made.
- All were later re-classified and screened in the 1980s when the decision on these issues was decentralised down to the ABC, which passed these items.
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- Ruslan Karaev took out Nordstrand by a unanimous decision victory.
- After two rounds Magny was awarded the unanimous decision victory.
- Rivera's first fight in the UFC was a unanimous decision victory over David Loiseau at "UFC 44".
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- Bush made the decision to stop the offensive after a mere 100 hours.
- Whilst living in New York City, Shahrokh created work in protest at the mayor's decision to stop glass recycling.
- In February 2016, Mai announced her decision to stop using the stage name Wolkenfrei and to perform under her own name.
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- This decision was later appealed and overturned at the B.C.
- His decision was later upheld by the Supreme Court of India.
- His decision was later annulled by his son and successor, Henri.
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- This time Smith was resigned to having to win a dull 12 round points decision over Weaver, although he did score a knockdown in a brief moment of excitement.
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- Barnard later wrote, "For a dying man it is not a difficult decision because he knows he is at the end.
- Chicken prices would reportedly rise by 25 percent days after the decision because of added transportation costs.
- It was really a monumental decision because Rabbi Harris has spent his entire life studying or working for the Yeshiva and its affiliates.
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- A complicating factor was the decision to establish the Giles Weather Station in the Rawlinson Ranges.
- Sam Houston fought bitterly against Lamar's decision to establish the capital in such a remote wilderness.
- Jenkinson influenced the University of London's decision to establish an archives diploma course, and would later present its first lecture.
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- Hallback won by a ten round unanimous decision.
- Guerrero won the bout with a 12 round unanimous decision.
- Dominguez won the fight by four round unanimous decision.
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- The violence of these mob-style games led to widespread protests and a decision to abandon them.
- Wei Zhong cannot fathom his mother's decision to abandon him for his younger brother and holds contempt towards her and Ah Di.
- The launch of F12 was postponed whilst a project review was carried out, which led to the decision to abandon the Europa design.
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- Upon Wegener's victory on 5 May 2018, Bohlen made the decision to cancel his family holiday to produce her album.
- The decision to cancel also came under criticism from Michael Coren and Toronto pastor Joe Boot on Coren’s show The Arena.
- On November 12, 2019, the Supreme Court heard arguments for and against the Trump administration's decision to cancel the program.
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- Within days, the council reversed its decision under immense public pressure and scrutiny.
- After the continued protests and demonstrations, the court reversed its decision to transfer the custody of the girl to the mother.
- On February 11, 2011, the administration reversed its decision on rugby and two other sports, and rugby was continued as a varsity sport.
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- Some Fox News employees criticized the decision.
- Environmental and human rights activists criticized the decision.
- He criticized the decision, stating "First of all, I’m not a reliever...
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- When Prita appealed, the High Court upheld the decision.
- Although Audi protested, the stewards upheld the decision.
- The 8th Circuit Court of Appeals upheld the decision in October 2007.
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- We must trust the accused to make such an important decision for himself.
- He called it at the time "probably the most important decision of my life".
- He followed it up with two 10-round decisions over Jesse Ferguson (14–2) and David Bey (15–2), arguably his most important decision wins.