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We have zero tolerance for anyone who aided or abetted these criminals, no matter how minor their role. – Governor Andrew Cuomo	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
Before, it (Libor) had been a very minor cog in global financial markets. Now, it became used very widely as an indicator of stress, mEGA PROBS. – John Ewan	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
We have no interest in micro-managing minor app updates. We're not Apple. – Benjamin Lawsky	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
These minor changes (to the SDGs) will have a major change ... around slavery. – Kevin Hyland	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
Thankfully most of the injuries seem to be minor. – Westfield High School	Found on Reuters 9 years ago
It's fun to be able to at least be in red figures Augusta National, at my age, it's a minor miracle. – Tom Watson	Found on FOX News 9 years ago
It's a minor hiccup. For a 40 year plan to do something, this afternoon's price is just blip. – Martin Cooper	Found on Reuters 9 years ago
There are some minor changes out there but it almost feels like it's playing about the same as it did last year, hopefully I can continue playing some good golf here and have a chance coming down Sunday. – Fellow American Patrick Reed	Found on Reuters 9 years ago
The rockets fell near the tanks, resulting in only minor damage. – Ali Hassi	Found on Reuters 9 years ago
They targeted the civil airport in Ras Lanuf, and oil tanks in Es Sidra. The rockets fell near the tanks, resulting in only minor damage. – Ali Hassi	Found on Reuters 9 years ago
He is the person who's dragged UKIP from just being another minor party to actually have the possibility of winning a few seats, if he loses, that could be the end of UKIP. – Will Scobie	Found on Reuters 9 years ago
My hunch on the Ditka quote is that it comes from a quirk of the King James translation, ancient Hebrew had a particular way of saying things like, 'and the next thing that happened was...' The King James translators of the Old Testament consistently rendered this as 'and it came to pass.' '' When phantom Bible passages turn dangerous People may get verses wrong, but they also mangle plenty of well-known biblical stories as well. Two examples: The scripture never says a whale swallowed Jonah, the Old Testament prophet, nor did any New Testament passages say that three wise men visited baby Jesus, scholars say. Those details may seem minor, but scholars say one popular phantom Bible story stands above the rest: The Genesis story about the fall of humanity. Most people know the popular version - Satan in the guise of a serpent tempts Eve to pick the forbidden apple from the Tree of Life. It's been downhill ever since. But the story in the book of Genesis never places Satan in the Garden of Eden. – Bruce Wells	Found on CNN 9 years ago
He covered a protest, it might be a minor point, but the war was over. If Mr. O’Reilly wanted to make that case, he certainly could have. I would have gladly put it in the story. Instead of responding to the substance, he’s out there just calling names. – David Corn	Found on FOX News 9 years ago
It comes down to: if you change the terms and conditions of a contract, have you created a new contract or do you have the same contract with minor amendments? – Gary Jenkins	Found on FOX News 9 years ago
But if you are unvaccinated, I would worry about it, and if you have a minor that cannot be vaccinated – under the age of 12 months, I would recommend that those children are not taken to places like Disneyland today. – Gil Chavez	Found on Reuters 9 years ago
But if you are unvaccinated, I would worry about it, and if you have a minor that cannot be vaccinated - under the age of 12 months, I would recommend that those children are not taken to places like Disneyland today. – Gil Chavez	Found on Reuters 9 years ago
The military has changed the requirement for a disability board and possible medical discharge for a well functioning total joint replacement, service members receiving a total joint arthroplasty are now assumed fit for duty with minor modifications to their activity. – Tad Gerlinger	Found on FOX News 9 years ago
If I were at Apple, I would think twice about re-inviting hacking troubles, which is so embarrassing especially when you're about to get into personal health and Apple Pay. You really want to show people you can preserve their information, in the case of Google Inc, they have probably been attacked so many times that the threat of being attacked again is so modest or minor in their consideration that they didn't think twice about this. – James McQuivey	Found on Reuters 9 years ago
In population terms it's of minor significance, as we are talking about one old bull that would have contributed genetically to the rhino population already. In monetary terms, it's important as it generates funds that go directly into the Wildlife Products Fund that feeds 100% back into rhino conservation. – Michael Knight	Found on CNN 9 years ago
Information technology gives us the means to harvest the enormous opportunities represented by inefficiency, it is relatively easy now to design and build zero carbon buildings. The savings in energy, material costs and the reductions in global warming pollution are not minor. We’re talking about 50, 60, 70, 80 even 90 percent savings in category after category. – Al Gore	Found on Reuters 9 years ago
It is relatively easy now to design and build zero carbon buildings. The savings in energy, material costs and the reductions in global warming pollution are not minor. We’re talking about 50, 60, 70, 80 even 90 percent savings in category after category. – Al Gore	Found on Reuters 9 years ago
This is a very minor victory in a long campaign for justice for Rumain Brisbon and for justice against police brutality. – Jarrett Maupin	Found on Reuters 9 years ago
We feel that something has changed: it's no longer just graffiti or minor incidents, these are death threats [against the Jewish community], it cannot go on like this. – Roger Cukierman	Found on Reuters 9 years ago
A small portion of protesters have been violent. They started throwing rocks and other projectiles at our officers, some officers have suffered minor injuries as a result. – Jennifer Coats	Found on CNN 9 years ago

We have zero tolerance for anyone who aided or abetted these criminals, no matter how minor their role.

– Governor Andrew Cuomo

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

Before, it (Libor) had been a very minor cog in global financial markets. Now, it became used very widely as an indicator of stress, mEGA PROBS.

– John Ewan

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

We have no interest in micro-managing minor app updates. We're not Apple.

– Benjamin Lawsky

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

These minor changes (to the SDGs) will have a major change ... around slavery.

– Kevin Hyland

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

Thankfully most of the injuries seem to be minor.

– Westfield High School

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

It's fun to be able to at least be in red figures Augusta National, at my age, it's a minor miracle.

– Tom Watson

Found on FOX News
9 years ago

It's a minor hiccup. For a 40 year plan to do something, this afternoon's price is just blip.

– Martin Cooper

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

There are some minor changes out there but it almost feels like it's playing about the same as it did last year, hopefully I can continue playing some good golf here and have a chance coming down Sunday.

– Fellow American Patrick Reed

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

The rockets fell near the tanks, resulting in only minor damage.

– Ali Hassi

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

They targeted the civil airport in Ras Lanuf, and oil tanks in Es Sidra. The rockets fell near the tanks, resulting in only minor damage.

– Ali Hassi

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

He is the person who's dragged UKIP from just being another minor party to actually have the possibility of winning a few seats, if he loses, that could be the end of UKIP.

– Will Scobie

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

My hunch on the Ditka quote is that it comes from a quirk of the King James translation, ancient Hebrew had a particular way of saying things like, 'and the next thing that happened was...' The King James translators of the Old Testament consistently rendered this as 'and it came to pass.' '' When phantom Bible passages turn dangerous People may get verses wrong, but they also mangle plenty of well-known biblical stories as well. Two examples: The scripture never says a whale swallowed Jonah, the Old Testament prophet, nor did any New Testament passages say that three wise men visited baby Jesus, scholars say. Those details may seem minor, but scholars say one popular phantom Bible story stands above the rest: The Genesis story about the fall of humanity. Most people know the popular version - Satan in the guise of a serpent tempts Eve to pick the forbidden apple from the Tree of Life. It's been downhill ever since. But the story in the book of Genesis never places Satan in the Garden of Eden.

– Bruce Wells

Found on CNN
9 years ago

He covered a protest, it might be a minor point, but the war was over. If Mr. O’Reilly wanted to make that case, he certainly could have. I would have gladly put it in the story. Instead of responding to the substance, he’s out there just calling names.

– David Corn

Found on FOX News
9 years ago

It comes down to: if you change the terms and conditions of a contract, have you created a new contract or do you have the same contract with minor amendments?

– Gary Jenkins

Found on FOX News
9 years ago

But if you are unvaccinated, I would worry about it, and if you have a minor that cannot be vaccinated – under the age of 12 months, I would recommend that those children are not taken to places like Disneyland today.

– Gil Chavez

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

But if you are unvaccinated, I would worry about it, and if you have a minor that cannot be vaccinated - under the age of 12 months, I would recommend that those children are not taken to places like Disneyland today.

– Gil Chavez

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

The military has changed the requirement for a disability board and possible medical discharge for a well functioning total joint replacement, service members receiving a total joint arthroplasty are now assumed fit for duty with minor modifications to their activity.

– Tad Gerlinger

Found on FOX News
9 years ago

If I were at Apple, I would think twice about re-inviting hacking troubles, which is so embarrassing especially when you're about to get into personal health and Apple Pay. You really want to show people you can preserve their information, in the case of Google Inc, they have probably been attacked so many times that the threat of being attacked again is so modest or minor in their consideration that they didn't think twice about this.

– James McQuivey

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

In population terms it's of minor significance, as we are talking about one old bull that would have contributed genetically to the rhino population already. In monetary terms, it's important as it generates funds that go directly into the Wildlife Products Fund that feeds 100% back into rhino conservation.

– Michael Knight

Found on CNN
9 years ago

Information technology gives us the means to harvest the enormous opportunities represented by inefficiency, it is relatively easy now to design and build zero carbon buildings. The savings in energy, material costs and the reductions in global warming pollution are not minor. We’re talking about 50, 60, 70, 80 even 90 percent savings in category after category.

– Al Gore

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

It is relatively easy now to design and build zero carbon buildings. The savings in energy, material costs and the reductions in global warming pollution are not minor. We’re talking about 50, 60, 70, 80 even 90 percent savings in category after category.

– Al Gore

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

This is a very minor victory in a long campaign for justice for Rumain Brisbon and for justice against police brutality.

– Jarrett Maupin

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

We feel that something has changed: it's no longer just graffiti or minor incidents, these are death threats [against the Jewish community], it cannot go on like this.

– Roger Cukierman

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

A small portion of protesters have been violent. They started throwing rocks and other projectiles at our officers, some officers have suffered minor injuries as a result.

– Jennifer Coats

Found on CNN
9 years ago

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