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cycles - definition and meaning
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noun cycle .
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One of the cycles is the way governments and long-lived organizations unite to fight change.
"This time, it's different" 2005
One of the cycles is the way governments and long-lived organizations unite to fight change.
"This time, it's different" 2005
And a big problem with the Milankovich cycles is that they only explain a small part of the temperature changes.
AGU Day 2: The role of CO2 in the earth’s history | Serendipity 2009
It comes in cycles and if you don't want global warming, then the people who scream about it the most need to stop driving, stop using electricity and stop having children.
Man made global warming? No way! 2009
And a big problem with the Milankovich cycles is that they only explain a small part of the temperature changes.
2009 December 17 | Serendipity 2009
Do adults really not know that politics runs in cycles ?
CNN Poll: Dems becoming less popular but no gains for GOP 2009
My guess, given the previous prehistoric warming cycles , is that the net effect will be a cooling one, significantly dampening the impact of all of the additional carbon.
The Sun and Global Warming, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
It comes in cycles and if you don't want global warming, then the people who scream about it the most need to stop driving, stop using electricity and stop having children.
Man made global warming? No way! 2009
China has the world's largest population and credits its 30-year-old family planning limits with preventing 400 million additional births and helping break a traditional preference for large families that had left many trapped in cycles of poverty.
China To Stick With One-Child Policy By ALEXA OLESEN 2010
Steele, a man now used to thinking in four-year Olympic cycles , is clear about what the next target after that should be as the country prepares for a home World Cup in 2015.
England can win 2015 World Cup, says RFU chief executive John Steele Owen Gibson 2010
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