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I suspect this newly discovered object 2020 SO to be an old rocket booster because it is following an orbit about the Sun that is extremely similar to Earth's, nearly circular, in the same plane, and only slightly farther away the Sun at its farthest point, that's precisely the kind of orbit that a rocket stage separated from a lunar mission would follow, once it passes by the Moon and escapes into orbit about the Sun. It's unlikely that an asteroid could have evolved into an orbit like this, but not impossible. – Paul Chodas	Found on CNN 3 years ago
When you get into politics, you find that all your worst nightmares about it turn out to be true, and the people who are attracted to large concentrations of power are precisely the ones who should be kept as far away from it as possible. – Ken Livingstone	added by Normando 3 years ago
These allegations are an example of precisely what's wrong with Washington -- a junior-level disgruntled former detailee, with whom Ambassador O'Brien had almost no interaction, can launch baseless attacks for partisan purposes, yevgeny Vindman is no longer at National Security Council after Yevgeny Vindman detail was ended following poor performance, as revealed in the House Democrats' letter. Yevgeny Vindman now attempts to retaliate against Yevgeny Vindman former supervisors for providing an accurate assessment of Yevgeny Vindman performance. – Alyssa Farah	Found on CNN 3 years ago
As any parent knows, children are little disease vectors. We don't know precisely how effective children are at passing on the virus that causes Covid-19, but it's a big concern, also, while children don't get as sick from Covid-19 as adults do, they can become seriously ill. We should not be lulled into thinking children are immune to Covid-19. – Elizabeth Cohen	Found on CNN 3 years ago
Although wearing a cloth face mask is better than nothing, it is no substitute for an N95 or surgical mask, which are precisely engineered, highly technical products. – Sara Greenstein	Found on CNN 3 years ago
We responded in precisely the correct way with respect to making sure that our forces were postured appropriately, that they were aware of the level of the threat, the credibility of the threat, and that we were there. – Mike Pompeo	Found on CNN 3 years ago
This makes it difficult to precisely assess the impact of school closures on the wider spread of Covid-19, using a mathematical model the authors show that even under the most pessimistic assumption that young people are fully infectious then school closures could still have substantially less impact on the epidemic than they would for influenza-like infections. – Mark Woolhouse	Found on CNN 3 years ago
The overall view from SAGE - the scientific advisory group on emergencies which advises the government - their overall view is that we must do this cautiously and that is precisely what we are doing. – Alok Sharma	Found on Reuters 3 years ago
Of course scientific advice does differ but I think the key point is what is the overall view from SAGE? the overall view from SAGE - the scientific advisory group on emergencies which advises the government - their overall view is that we must do this cautiously and that is precisely what we are doing. – Alok Sharma	Found on Reuters 3 years ago
This kind of behavior is individualistic, selfish... ignoring what's happening around us, and precisely what has brought this situation upon us, not just in Peru, but the whole world. – President Vizcarra	Found on CNN 3 years ago
If you dont live in these regions...think long and hard before you take a trip into them, a small spike could put the hospital system in dire straits pretty quickly. Thats precisely why were asking everyone to continue doing their part. Dont descend on [waterfront] Traverse City from all regions of the state. – Gretchen Half Whitmer	Found on FOX News 3 years ago
We should be able to see directly and more precisely how the dynamics of the gas contributes to the formation of planets. – Anthony Boccaletti	Found on CNN 3 years ago
Susan Rice, who seems smart -- she went to Stanford -- admitted later that she decided Michael Flynn was Michael Flynn because Michael Flynn talked too much about China. Thats what Russian spies do, now, Donald Trump was elected, no one thought Donald Trump would be, precisely because Donald Trump talked about issues like these, the ones that mattered. – Tucker Carlson	Found on FOX News 3 years ago
We still haven't gained access, the world hasn't gained access to the WIV( Wuhan Institute of Virology) there. We don't know precisely where this virus originated from. – State Mike Pompeo	Found on CNN 4 years ago
The radar measurements allow us to know more precisely where the asteroid will be in the future, including its future close approaches to Earth, in 2079, asteroid 1998 OR2 will pass Earth about 3.5 times closer than it will this year, so it is important to know its orbit precisely. – Flaviane Venditti	Found on CNN 4 years ago
I believe, precisely because Brett Crozier is not naive and stupid, that Brett Crozier sent Brett Crozier alarming email with the intention of getting it into the public domain in an effort to draw public attention to the situation on Brett Crozier ship. I apologize for any confusion this choice of words may have caused. – Thomas Modly	Found on CNN 4 years ago
When I see today how almost everyone has completely changed their behaviour, how the vast majority of you really do avoid any unnecessary contact, precisely because it can also contain a risk of infection, then I would simply like to say: thank you, thank you from the bottom of my heart. – Chancellor Angela Merkel	Found on Reuters 4 years ago
We are seeing turnout spike in affluent, highly-educated suburban areas – precisely the kinds of places where the GOP has slipped since 2016 and where at least some formerly Republican voters appear to be more open to voting Democratic than in the past. – Kyle Kondik	Found on Reuters 4 years ago
The adaptation to climate change of transport infrastructure has received very little attention so far and this is precisely what we want to change with this study. – The UNECE	Found on Reuters 4 years ago
That is precisely the problem with American politics. – Bernie Sanders	Found on Reuters 4 years ago
The Inouye Solar Telescope's all about the magnetic field, to unravel the Sun's biggest mysteries, we have to not only be able to clearly see these tiny structures from 93 million miles away but very precisely measure their magnetic field strength and direction near the surface and trace the field as it extends out into the million-degree corona, the outer atmosphere of the Sun. – Thomas Rimmele	Found on CNN 4 years ago
I had a long talk with U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin. We have decided to step up efforts to try and find a compromise, within the OECD, on digital tax, we gave each other precisely 15 days, until our next meeting, which is planned on the sidelines of Davos at the end of January. – Le Maire	Found on Reuters 4 years ago
Christianity Today editor-in-chief Mark Galli defended the scathing editorial on Sunday. Christianity Today editor-in-chief Mark Galli said in an interview with CBSFace The Nation that Trumps support of causes important to the evangelical community can no longer excuse Christianity Today editor-in-chief Mark Galli actions in other areas and said Timothy Dalrymple is morally unfit to occupy the Oval Office. CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP I am making a moral judgment that Christianity Today editor-in-chief Mark Galli is morally unfitor, even more precisely, its Christianity Today editor-in-chief Mark Galli public morality that makes Christianity Today editor-in-chief Mark Galli unfit. – Christianity Today editor-in-chief Mark Galli	Found on FOX News 4 years ago
If what we're talking about is not impeachable, then nothing is impeachable, this is precisely the misconduct that the framers created a Constitution, including impeachment, to protect against. – Michael Gerhardt	Found on CNN 4 years ago

I suspect this newly discovered object 2020 SO to be an old rocket booster because it is following an orbit about the Sun that is extremely similar to Earth's, nearly circular, in the same plane, and only slightly farther away the Sun at its farthest point, that's precisely the kind of orbit that a rocket stage separated from a lunar mission would follow, once it passes by the Moon and escapes into orbit about the Sun. It's unlikely that an asteroid could have evolved into an orbit like this, but not impossible.

– Paul Chodas

Found on CNN
3 years ago

When you get into politics, you find that all your worst nightmares about it turn out to be true, and the people who are attracted to large concentrations of power are precisely the ones who should be kept as far away from it as possible.

– Ken Livingstone

added by Normando
3 years ago

These allegations are an example of precisely what's wrong with Washington -- a junior-level disgruntled former detailee, with whom Ambassador O'Brien had almost no interaction, can launch baseless attacks for partisan purposes, yevgeny Vindman is no longer at National Security Council after Yevgeny Vindman detail was ended following poor performance, as revealed in the House Democrats' letter. Yevgeny Vindman now attempts to retaliate against Yevgeny Vindman former supervisors for providing an accurate assessment of Yevgeny Vindman performance.

– Alyssa Farah

Found on CNN
3 years ago

As any parent knows, children are little disease vectors. We don't know precisely how effective children are at passing on the virus that causes Covid-19, but it's a big concern, also, while children don't get as sick from Covid-19 as adults do, they can become seriously ill. We should not be lulled into thinking children are immune to Covid-19.

– Elizabeth Cohen

Found on CNN
3 years ago

Although wearing a cloth face mask is better than nothing, it is no substitute for an N95 or surgical mask, which are precisely engineered, highly technical products.

– Sara Greenstein

Found on CNN
3 years ago

We responded in precisely the correct way with respect to making sure that our forces were postured appropriately, that they were aware of the level of the threat, the credibility of the threat, and that we were there.

– Mike Pompeo

Found on CNN
3 years ago

This makes it difficult to precisely assess the impact of school closures on the wider spread of Covid-19, using a mathematical model the authors show that even under the most pessimistic assumption that young people are fully infectious then school closures could still have substantially less impact on the epidemic than they would for influenza-like infections.

– Mark Woolhouse

Found on CNN
3 years ago

The overall view from SAGE - the scientific advisory group on emergencies which advises the government - their overall view is that we must do this cautiously and that is precisely what we are doing.

– Alok Sharma

Found on Reuters
3 years ago

Of course scientific advice does differ but I think the key point is what is the overall view from SAGE? the overall view from SAGE - the scientific advisory group on emergencies which advises the government - their overall view is that we must do this cautiously and that is precisely what we are doing.

– Alok Sharma

Found on Reuters
3 years ago

This kind of behavior is individualistic, selfish... ignoring what's happening around us, and precisely what has brought this situation upon us, not just in Peru, but the whole world.

– President Vizcarra

Found on CNN
3 years ago

If you dont live in these regions...think long and hard before you take a trip into them, a small spike could put the hospital system in dire straits pretty quickly. Thats precisely why were asking everyone to continue doing their part. Dont descend on [waterfront] Traverse City from all regions of the state.

– Gretchen Half Whitmer

Found on FOX News
3 years ago

We should be able to see directly and more precisely how the dynamics of the gas contributes to the formation of planets.

– Anthony Boccaletti

Found on CNN
3 years ago

Susan Rice, who seems smart -- she went to Stanford -- admitted later that she decided Michael Flynn was Michael Flynn because Michael Flynn talked too much about China. Thats what Russian spies do, now, Donald Trump was elected, no one thought Donald Trump would be, precisely because Donald Trump talked about issues like these, the ones that mattered.

– Tucker Carlson

Found on FOX News
3 years ago

We still haven't gained access, the world hasn't gained access to the WIV( Wuhan Institute of Virology) there. We don't know precisely where this virus originated from.

– State Mike Pompeo

Found on CNN
4 years ago

The radar measurements allow us to know more precisely where the asteroid will be in the future, including its future close approaches to Earth, in 2079, asteroid 1998 OR2 will pass Earth about 3.5 times closer than it will this year, so it is important to know its orbit precisely.

– Flaviane Venditti

Found on CNN
4 years ago

I believe, precisely because Brett Crozier is not naive and stupid, that Brett Crozier sent Brett Crozier alarming email with the intention of getting it into the public domain in an effort to draw public attention to the situation on Brett Crozier ship. I apologize for any confusion this choice of words may have caused.

– Thomas Modly

Found on CNN
4 years ago

When I see today how almost everyone has completely changed their behaviour, how the vast majority of you really do avoid any unnecessary contact, precisely because it can also contain a risk of infection, then I would simply like to say: thank you, thank you from the bottom of my heart.

– Chancellor Angela Merkel

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

We are seeing turnout spike in affluent, highly-educated suburban areas – precisely the kinds of places where the GOP has slipped since 2016 and where at least some formerly Republican voters appear to be more open to voting Democratic than in the past.

– Kyle Kondik

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

The adaptation to climate change of transport infrastructure has received very little attention so far and this is precisely what we want to change with this study.

– The UNECE

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

That is precisely the problem with American politics.

– Bernie Sanders

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

The Inouye Solar Telescope's all about the magnetic field, to unravel the Sun's biggest mysteries, we have to not only be able to clearly see these tiny structures from 93 million miles away but very precisely measure their magnetic field strength and direction near the surface and trace the field as it extends out into the million-degree corona, the outer atmosphere of the Sun.

– Thomas Rimmele

Found on CNN
4 years ago

I had a long talk with U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin. We have decided to step up efforts to try and find a compromise, within the OECD, on digital tax, we gave each other precisely 15 days, until our next meeting, which is planned on the sidelines of Davos at the end of January.

– Le Maire

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

Christianity Today editor-in-chief Mark Galli defended the scathing editorial on Sunday. Christianity Today editor-in-chief Mark Galli said in an interview with CBSFace The Nation that Trumps support of causes important to the evangelical community can no longer excuse Christianity Today editor-in-chief Mark Galli actions in other areas and said Timothy Dalrymple is morally unfit to occupy the Oval Office. CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP I am making a moral judgment that Christianity Today editor-in-chief Mark Galli is morally unfitor, even more precisely, its Christianity Today editor-in-chief Mark Galli public morality that makes Christianity Today editor-in-chief Mark Galli unfit.

– Christianity Today editor-in-chief Mark Galli

Found on FOX News
4 years ago

If what we're talking about is not impeachable, then nothing is impeachable, this is precisely the misconduct that the framers created a Constitution, including impeachment, to protect against.

– Michael Gerhardt

Found on CNN
4 years ago

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