Gov . Chris Patten says talks on Hong Kong's future democracy failed because Britain refused to give China the right to winnow out elected legislators it didn't like.
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Dow Corning wants to use the bankruptcy process to winnow out lawsuits by women who claim that leaking silicone made them sick by showing there is no scientific evidence to support their claims.
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After regional events winnow out those whose feet really don't smell so bad, gamy finalists and their footwear are brought to Montpelier for a one-day Olympics of foot odor.
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Cambodian election authorities have pledged to winnow out tens of thousands of questionable observers accredited for Sunday's parliamentary elections, the head of the European Union's observer mission said Wednesday.
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They do not posit evolution on the level of the species, but selective pressures that winnow out small groups within a species, e . g . groups of social insects or primates.
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What parents may need most of all is a B-chip to winnow out the phony panaceas from whatever genuine progress is made on behalf of TV-watching kids during an election year.
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Companies winnow out those with less chance of success or less potential for profit, balancing out the portfolio to assure a steady stream of drugs to market, and allocating resources to priority projects.
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The number, which once neared 7, 000, has dropped steadily as police eliminate duplicate names and winnow out people who were initially reported missing but turned out to be safe and sound.
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And most of these software articles probably " could " benefit from the passage of five hundred years to winnow out the classic ones worthy of encyclopedia articles from the also-rans.
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Leo Wolinsky, managing editor for news at The Los Angeles Times, said criticism of the press had forced his newspaper to try to provide better context and to winnow out gratuitous, salacious details.
