He scaled a fish.

She scaled a fish.

They scaled the cliff with difficulty.

Some even scaled the fence around the house to avoid the long lines.

STANFORD, CALIFORNIA The current credit crisis has led to scaled back projections for growth around the world.

But, if those hard to reach children are to benefit, our efforts must be scaled up significantly.

Moreover, the government has modestly reduced taxes on wages and slightly scaled down the generosity of some benefits.

A 17 year old Russian national who scaled the side of a skyscraper has been detained in Mexico

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The US mission to the EU should be scaled up, and EU representation in Washington turned into a proper embassy.

The US mission to the EU should be scaled up, and EU representation in Washington turned into a proper embassy.

As supply sources are drying up fast and existing productions are being scaled down, the power situation in Kerala looks pretty grim.

The policy of never negotiating with terrorists cannot be scaled up to state level when hundreds of thousands of lives are at stake.

Since 2011, Qatar has scaled up its involvement in its neighbors affairs, backing the Libyan revolution, the Egyptian government, and the Syrian opposition.

The Trent 900 core is a scaled version of the Trent 500, but incorporates the swept fan technology of the stillborn Trent 8104.

In the beginning of March 1944, production had been scaled up in such a manner that over 350 planes were built each month.

The welfare state will not vanish from Europe, but it is set to be scaled back and focused on those who actually need help.

The disappearance from the treaty of such terms as constitution and minister of foreign affairs clearly show that the constitutional treaty s ambitions have been scaled back.

And I realized that if I scaled them up, they would provide me with good spatial qualities, for ventilation, for thermal comfort, and for other things.

The programs developed by the REF ought to be scaled up by governments, with the help of the EU, and made available to all Roma children in Europe.

Even the World Bank, which usually takes the donors point of view, recently acknowledged that except for debt cancellation, promises of scaled up aid have not been delivered.

Virtual memory was introduced to the x86 architecture with the protected mode of the Intel 80286 processor, but its segment swapping technique scaled poorly to larger segment sizes.

Spotify is the latest in a series of international companies who have scaled back their plans for Russia amid the growing economic crisis and a political standoff with the West.

Although some countries abandoned or scaled back their nuclear energy plans after Fukushima, major users of nuclear power, such as China, India, and Russia, are going forward with ambitious expansion plans.

During the record breaking 2003 heat wave in France, operations at 17 commercial nuclear reactors had to be scaled back or stopped because of rapidly rising temperatures in rivers and lake.

Note that this edition has been retired in SQL Server 2012. Express SQL Server Express Edition is a scaled down, free edition of SQL Server, which includes the core database engine.

The good news is that Germany s overblown conglomerates are being scaled down to an efficient size and that the capital market is able to do its job, improving the allocation of resources.

Because of the financial crisis, many politicians have accepted the argument, in a virtual throwback to Adam Smith, that financial services are unproductive even counterproductive and need to be scaled back by governmental intervention.

Because of the financial crisis, many politicians have accepted the argument, in a virtual throwback to Adam Smith, that financial services are unproductive even counterproductive  and need to be scaled back by governmental intervention.

If we are to create a more equitable world, then traditional levers of development such as trade, investment, aid, and migration need to be scaled up comprehensively and coherently, and global institutions must be reformed.

If we are to create a more equitable world, then traditional levers of development such as trade, investment, aid, and migration need to be scaled up comprehensively and coherently, and global institutions must be reformed.

The most damaging hurricanes (scaled for the size of the economy) to hit the United States occurred both in the early twentieth century and most recently the worst being the 1926 hurricane that struck Miami, Florida.

With productivity growth stagnating for almost two decades, it made sense back then to argue that the US government s social insurance commitments (Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid) were excessive and so had to be scaled back.

In any case, according to a recent World Bank International Monetary Fund report, we are not on track to meet even the scaled back global target of halving the proportion of hungry people in developing countries.

Yet, as if the forces of terror could be neatly boxed in, the US has scaled back its objective to contain terrorism regionally a strategy that promises to keep the Af Pak problem a festering threat to global security.

If the international community believes that these goals are correct, assistance should continue to be provided as long as the benchmarks are being met. If they are not, assistance could be scaled back to avoid having international funds continue to support corrupt practices.

Relations with India have improved, the Kashmir insurgency supported by Pakistan has been scaled back, a women s protection bill was passed in the teeth of Islamic opposition, and a virulent public school curriculum that emphasized jihad and martyrdom has been toned down.

Despite the successes in treating HIV AIDS in the United States and other developed countries, it is clear that efforts to combat the pandemic must be scaled up in Africa, Asia, and other parts of the world where HIV AIDS exacts its greatest toll.

The International Atomic Energy Agency expects at least 90 additional nuclear power reactors to join the 437 now in operation globally by 2030. Although some countries abandoned or scaled back their nuclear energy plans after Fukushima, major users of nuclear power, such as China, India, and Russia, are going forward with ambitious expansion plans.

As global warming brings about a rise in average temperatures and ocean levels, inland reactors will increasingly contribute to, and be affected by, water shortages. During the record breaking 2003 heat wave in France, operations at 17 commercial nuclear reactors had to be scaled back or stopped because of rapidly rising temperatures in rivers and lake.