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The French measure is so marginal in its current scope that it is sustainability theater rather than having any material impact on emissions, however we can look at it a different way – as the harbinger of more restrictions on aviation which are likely if the industry doesn’t get more serious about decarbonizing itself. – Patrick Edmond	Found on CNN 1 year ago
It should be treated as a routine tactic rather than a harbinger of disaster. – Mick Ryan	Found on CNN 1 year ago
The only thing that criminals respond to are arrests and prosecution … we refer to that as deterrence. And there doesn't seem to be any deterrence, to see the numbers go up this dramatically in a short period of time, during blizzards and cold weather, it is not a good harbinger of things to come. – Joseph Giacalone	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
There are a lot of studies [from other variants] that show the maximum transmissibility is in those first five days, and [with omicron] we are about to face hundreds of thousands more cases a day, and it was becoming very, very clear from the health care system that we would have people who were [positive but] asymptomatic and not able to work, and that was a harbinger of what was going to come in all other essential functions of society. – Rochelle Walensky	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
Every gubernatorial election in Virginia is seen as a leading political indicator. How the parties do in Virginia's governor's race, the year after a presidential election, is seen as a harbinger of how the parties will do in the midterm elections. – Stephen Farnsworth	Found on CNN 2 years ago
Information about a planet's interior gives us a sense of whether the surface of the planet is habitable by life as we know it, though this particular planet is unlikely to be inhabited today, it may be a harbinger of many rocky worlds yet to be discovered around our galaxy's oldest stars. – Stephen Kane	Found on CNN 3 years ago
Because the Biden administration is eight days away, the odds that this FDA rule is on the books that much longer seems pretty slim, the much bigger import of tonight's ruling is the harbinger it seems to provide of how the new conservative majority is going to approach abortion cases. – Steve Vladeck	Found on CNN 3 years ago
The colors this year are coming about two weeks earlier than normal and will probably go by fast and furiously, largely, this is because the drought creates stress for the trees -- physiological stress. So from that standpoint, while the drought may enhance some of the colors, the stress is not a good thing and may be a harbinger of things to come with climate change. – William Keeton	Found on CNN 3 years ago
To some extent, Westport is a cautionary tale, or a harbinger of what's to come, i hope the 168 other towns in Connecticut State see what happens in Westport and act accordingly. – Connecticut State Senator Will Haskell	Found on CNN 4 years ago
I think it's a harbinger. Despite Trump's best efforts, the next year isn't looking too bright for the steel industry. – Gary Hufbauer	Found on CNN 4 years ago
Look at' Avengers : Endgame,' that opened in April,' Black Panther' was last February and' Star Wars' is now usually in December, a slow Memorial weekend is no longer a harbinger of a terrible summer. It's just another long weekend on the calendar. – Paul Dergarabedian	Found on CNN 4 years ago
That very tight margin in a race that should never have been competitive in the first place was a harbinger of 2006, when Democrats got extremely fired up and won a whole lot of previously red seats. – Paul Hackett	Found on CNN 7 years ago
The victorious end of Misrata's offensive on Sirte could be the harbinger of more infighting between different factions, ultimately, the current relative absence of violence in Libya is very fragile in many areas and could crumble under these multiple pressures. – Mattia Toaldo	Found on Reuters 7 years ago
It’s a harbinger of more trouble to come if we don’t address it right now and hold them accountable to what they are saying. – Pastor Gordon	Found on FOX News 7 years ago
Oil's collapse was being read as the harbinger of some greater economic malaise. – Andy Hall	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
This shows that the Supreme Court continues to apply close scrutiny to the death penalty. I think it's really a harbinger of the day coming when the Supreme Court is going to strike it down. – Cassandra Stubbs	Found on CNN 8 years ago
Love, the strongest and deepest element in all life, the harbinger of hope, of joy, of ecstasy; love, the defier of all laws, of all conventions; love, the freest, the most powerful molder of human destiny; how can such an all-compelling force be synonymous with that poor little State and Church-begotten weed, marriage? – Emma Goldman	added by anonymous 10 years ago

The French measure is so marginal in its current scope that it is sustainability theater rather than having any material impact on emissions, however we can look at it a different way – as the harbinger of more restrictions on aviation which are likely if the industry doesn’t get more serious about decarbonizing itself.

– Patrick Edmond

Found on CNN
1 year ago

It should be treated as a routine tactic rather than a harbinger of disaster.

– Mick Ryan

Found on CNN
1 year ago

The only thing that criminals respond to are arrests and prosecution … we refer to that as deterrence. And there doesn't seem to be any deterrence, to see the numbers go up this dramatically in a short period of time, during blizzards and cold weather, it is not a good harbinger of things to come.

– Joseph Giacalone

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

There are a lot of studies [from other variants] that show the maximum transmissibility is in those first five days, and [with omicron] we are about to face hundreds of thousands more cases a day, and it was becoming very, very clear from the health care system that we would have people who were [positive but] asymptomatic and not able to work, and that was a harbinger of what was going to come in all other essential functions of society.

– Rochelle Walensky

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

Every gubernatorial election in Virginia is seen as a leading political indicator. How the parties do in Virginia's governor's race, the year after a presidential election, is seen as a harbinger of how the parties will do in the midterm elections.

– Stephen Farnsworth

Found on CNN
2 years ago

Information about a planet's interior gives us a sense of whether the surface of the planet is habitable by life as we know it, though this particular planet is unlikely to be inhabited today, it may be a harbinger of many rocky worlds yet to be discovered around our galaxy's oldest stars.

– Stephen Kane

Found on CNN
3 years ago

Because the Biden administration is eight days away, the odds that this FDA rule is on the books that much longer seems pretty slim, the much bigger import of tonight's ruling is the harbinger it seems to provide of how the new conservative majority is going to approach abortion cases.

– Steve Vladeck

Found on CNN
3 years ago

The colors this year are coming about two weeks earlier than normal and will probably go by fast and furiously, largely, this is because the drought creates stress for the trees -- physiological stress. So from that standpoint, while the drought may enhance some of the colors, the stress is not a good thing and may be a harbinger of things to come with climate change.

– William Keeton

Found on CNN
3 years ago

To some extent, Westport is a cautionary tale, or a harbinger of what's to come, i hope the 168 other towns in Connecticut State see what happens in Westport and act accordingly.

– Connecticut State Senator Will Haskell

Found on CNN
4 years ago

I think it's a harbinger. Despite Trump's best efforts, the next year isn't looking too bright for the steel industry.

– Gary Hufbauer

Found on CNN
4 years ago

Look at' Avengers : Endgame,' that opened in April,' Black Panther' was last February and' Star Wars' is now usually in December, a slow Memorial weekend is no longer a harbinger of a terrible summer. It's just another long weekend on the calendar.

– Paul Dergarabedian

Found on CNN
4 years ago

That very tight margin in a race that should never have been competitive in the first place was a harbinger of 2006, when Democrats got extremely fired up and won a whole lot of previously red seats.

– Paul Hackett

Found on CNN
7 years ago

The victorious end of Misrata's offensive on Sirte could be the harbinger of more infighting between different factions, ultimately, the current relative absence of violence in Libya is very fragile in many areas and could crumble under these multiple pressures.

– Mattia Toaldo

Found on Reuters
7 years ago

It’s a harbinger of more trouble to come if we don’t address it right now and hold them accountable to what they are saying.

– Pastor Gordon

Found on FOX News
7 years ago

Oil's collapse was being read as the harbinger of some greater economic malaise.

– Andy Hall

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

This shows that the Supreme Court continues to apply close scrutiny to the death penalty. I think it's really a harbinger of the day coming when the Supreme Court is going to strike it down.

– Cassandra Stubbs

Found on CNN
8 years ago

Love, the strongest and deepest element in all life, the harbinger of hope, of joy, of ecstasy; love, the defier of all laws, of all conventions; love, the freest, the most powerful molder of human destiny; how can such an all-compelling force be synonymous with that poor little State and Church-begotten weed, marriage?

– Emma Goldman

added by anonymous
10 years ago

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