devolve
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And now all eyes will be on whether or not the Greens' success in Gorton and Denton gives them a boost in the national polls just weeks before the 7 May devolved and local elections.
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Video taken Monday afternoon in Washington Square Park shows a snowball fight following an epic snowstorm devolving into some parkgoers apparently targeting police with snowballs.
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It adds that the majority of the remaining cuts will come from sectors with policy powers devolved to Scotland.
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MLAs currently earn £53,000 a year, which is less than their counterparts in the UK's other devolved parliaments in Scotland and Wales.
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Now the venture has devolved into bickering between defense companies Airbus and Dassault Aviation—and between Berlin and Paris—over who gets to lead its development, with all sides now questioning its future.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.