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More recently, researchers have correlated a quickening economic pulse in Iceland with years that had above-average temperatures, just as suffocating heat waves in the global South have tempered growth.
THE BIG THAW: HOW RUSSIA COULD DOMINATE A WARMING WORLDBY ABRAHM LUSTGARTEN, PHOTOGRAPHY BY SERGEY PONOMAREVDECEMBER 16, 2020PROPUBLICATo that end, he floated the possibility of appointing more “judges with some expertise in the field” to quicken the pace at which cases proceed.
WALKING THE FINE LINE BETWEEN ANTITRUST AND ANTI-TECHREYMASHAYEKHIDECEMBER 2, 2020FORTUNEThat quickens their release of carbon back into the air — which is disappointing news for global warming.
THE FASTER TREES GROW, THE YOUNGER THEY DIEALISON PEARCE STEVENSOCTOBER 20, 2020SCIENCE NEWS FOR STUDENTSIn the hours that followed, the pace of job cuts at some of the world’s biggest companies — across in a range of industries from energy to finance — quickened.
FROM DISNEY TO SHELL, COMPANIES ANNOUNCED TENS OF THOUSANDS OF JOB CUTS OVER JUST ONE DAYKDUNN6OCTOBER 1, 2020FORTUNEWhen the pace quickened, I was terrible about setting boundaries between my work and home lives.
HOW THIS YEAR’S 40 UNDER 40 ARE SURVIVING THE PANDEMICJONATHANVANIAN2015SEPTEMBER 7, 2020FORTUNEEven Judy's appeals to "try and remember about Bombay" failed to quicken him.
KIPLING STORIES AND POEMS EVERY CHILD SHOULD KNOW, BOOK IIRUDYARD KIPLINGThe man did not live, nor could the occasion arrive, which would quicken his constitutional drawl.
RAMONAHELEN HUNT JACKSONThe monk's eyes seemed to quicken, as though his interest in the outer world had suddenly revived.
ST. MARTIN'S SUMMERRAFAEL SABATINII put the strongest in the rear, with orders to quicken the pace of the sluggards with the points of their bayonets in the back.
MAUPASSANT ORIGINAL SHORT STORIES (180), COMPLETEGUY DE MAUPASSANTOne wave will be mowed down and another will quicken the pace a trifle and take its place.
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