| 单词 | wafer-thin |
| 例句 | A pile of wafer-thin bronze business cards lay on the nearest table. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z Round and round the diamond-clear counters covered with bottles, wafer-thin disks, round boxes, tubes, and phials. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z He flipped the top on a wafer-thin laptop. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z But the moat’s waters were ever shifting, concealed only by a wafer-thin skin of frost. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z "Let me see . . ." Through the rear-view mirror I could see him studying a wafer-thin watch, replacing it in the pocket of his checked waistcoat. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z The bodyguard activated a compact digital camera and began photographing each wafer-thin page of the Book. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z Matthias had said the moat wasn’t solid, only a slick, wafer-thin layer of ice over frigid water, thoroughly exposed and impossible to cross. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z We've seen bakers sweat off soufflés, crumble under the pressure of crafting wafer-thin cookies, and appear victorious when they're announced as the winner of a given challenge. 3 recipes to host your own "Great British Bake Off" bread challenge 2021-10-28T04:00:00Z Along with the spellbinding light show, the wafer-thin Shelter turns into an unexpected singalong anthem. The xx at Glastonbury 2010 2010-06-26T09:52:00Z It does, however, mean that the film is hampered by a fundamental imbalance: Pacific Rim's wafer-thin psychodrama and plot-generator dialogue provides little for the human component to get their teeth into. Pacific Rim – review 2013-07-08T07:00:12Z But he believed that power is still firmly in the hands of the brands, not suppliers already operating on wafer-thin margins. Inside Italy’s Shadow Economy 2018-09-20T04:00:00Z The wafer-thin, crisp pastry enclosed a soft filling that was rich and sweet but that did not set your teeth abuzz. Bites: Restaurant Review: Dining Room at the Dean Street Townhouse 2010-08-27T20:18:00Z It’s the convivial scene behind the long marble counter that wooed us, along with the wafer-thin pizzas and perfectly grilled lamb chops. These Are Best New Restaurants in the World 2015-01-26T05:00:00Z Rooms start at about €230 per night, while dining starts at about €60 per person, with specials that include sea bass baked in sea salt and wafer-thin fried zucchini and eggplant. In Athens Creativity in Art, Food and More Rises 2022-06-30T04:00:00Z When the feast is finished, la grande bouffe is done and you can’t imagine ever eating another bite, not even a wafer-thin mint . . . well, you need another drink. With dessert wine, turn the end of your meal into a grand finale 2019-12-13T05:00:00Z The underlying technique to create cork fabric involves binding wafer-thin slices of the purified cork by hand with materials from cotton to synthetic cloth, reconstituted leather, carbon fibers or fiberglass, depending on the desired product. Style: Turning Cork Into Couture 2011-08-22T11:36:34Z Visitors walk through two rows of wafer-thin white speakers that played voices chanting the days of the week. Inside Art: 2 Continents, 1 Work and 31 Hand Positions 2011-07-07T21:53:47Z Friends of the house are sometimes welcomed with a chive-flecked parfait of plump raw oysters gilded with frothy prosecco zabaglione and capped with a wafer-thin cracker holding glistening spoonbill caviar. Fiola Mare brings the Adriatic to Georgetown The film also contains arguably Jones’s most famous on-screen character: the giant Mr Creosote, who explodes after a final “wafer-thin mint”. Terry Jones, Monty Python founder and Life of Brian director, dies aged 77 2020-01-22T05:00:00Z There’s a wafer-thin narrative frame for the evening, built on observations about ordinary people in an ordinary unnamed town. Review | If you like audience participation, you’ll like ‘The Fever.’ Otherwise maybe not. 2018-10-25T04:00:00Z But it is still wafer-thin in its invention and technique, designed to please Victorian bourgeois audiences with easy tunes and parodies that only demonstrate the vast superiority of the original over the copy. ‘Pirates of Penzance’ Gives Lift to English National Opera 2015-05-11T04:00:00Z Or how about that wafer-thin love plot, whose only kiss is between a woman and her red velvet cake? Women, stop apologizing for loving “Magic Mike XXL”: Our visual pleasure matters as much as any man’s 2015-07-17T04:00:00Z The rye whiskey disappears, too, one of the musicians drinking it out of the plastic sleeve that once contained wafer-thin ham. Powered by pure passion: the music venue that runs on love alone 2012-11-25T00:05:30Z The supermarket-bought rider goods are set upon immediately, beers popped, chicken slices and wafer-thin ham eaten direct from packaging that's been cunningly stripped of its economy labelling. Powered by pure passion: the music venue that runs on love alone 2012-11-25T00:05:30Z These telescopes all exploit state-of-the-art technology: wafer-thin reflecting materials for their mirrors and highly sophisticated guidance systems that will allow several mirrors to combine the light they gather into a single image. Space race: the new generation of super-telescopes 2011-01-09T00:06:17Z One loophole: If you are visiting a beachy destination, feel free to sneak in an extra pair of wafer-thin sandals. Tips on how to travel light without sacrificing comfort and style 2015-08-06T04:00:00Z The plot seemed wafer-thin, and I never felt like the narrator could fully make me believe in the fantasy about a fox’s spirit possessing Reynard. 'Bottle Grove,' by Daniel Handler book review - The Washington Post 2019-08-29T04:00:00Z The show follows a summer ABC Family drama series about a group of teens who are sent to a fat camp, in what appeared to be a departure from the Hollywood trend for wafer-thin actors. Marie Claire blog on TV "fatties" provokes uproar 2010-10-27T22:05:00Z The work’s owner, the nonprofit New York Landmarks Conservancy, says any attempt to transfer the brittle, wafer-thin hanging will destroy it. Collector’s New Face-Off: Giant Nude Statue in Old Westbury 2014-06-02T04:00:00Z "Get the curry smells wafting through the auditorium while the audience are mesmerised by the singing of wafer-thin red and gold dancers." British-Asian theatre needs a facelift 2010-04-23T15:24:00Z All three cost $9.99 and came on platters with vegetables and rice or wafer-thin, buttery chapati. Budget-Friendly Seattle, From Meals to Massages 2014-09-09T04:00:00Z These wafer-thin dried apples are dipped in dark chocolate. | T's Picks, Part Two 2010-12-13T14:05:00Z A special feature of this method is the use of flash-frozen tissue, which is cut wafer-thin. The metabolism of bacteria under the microscope: New method reveals host-microbe interactions 2023-11-08T05:00:00Z Republicans control the House of Representatives, with Democrats enjoying a wafer-thin majority in the Senate. Biden vows to stand by Ukraine, despite budget fiasco 2023-10-01T04:00:00Z In a world where fire threatens more and more homes, scientists have developed a surprising type of material that might keep some buildings safer: wafer-thin sheets of fungi. Fungi Make Safer Fireproofing Material 2023-10-01T04:00:00Z With boundary changes, Jackson clung on to her seat in the 2010 general election with a wafer-thin majority of 42. Glenda Jackson obituary: 2023-06-15T04:00:00Z His past, recent and otherwise, is not that of a judicious legislator who might be depended on to hold a fractious and wafer-thin Republican majority together. Matt Gaetz, Political Arsonist, Has New Powers. What Will He Do With Them? 2023-01-29T05:00:00Z But the margin in the House appeared to be wafer-thin, 102-101, decided by fewer than 65 votes in a race in the Philadelphia suburbs. Which Party Controls the Pennsylvania House? It’s TBD. 2022-12-13T05:00:00Z “All the input cost is increasing. Even earlier this industry worked on wafer-thin margins, but now we are working on loss,” he said. India’s Economy Is Growing Quickly. Why Can’t It Produce Enough Jobs? 2022-06-13T04:00:00Z Former hedge fund executive David McCormick said he could not make up the wafer-thin deficit in the recount from last month's cliffhanger vote. Trump-backed celebrity doctor wins Pennsylvania Senate primary 2022-06-03T04:00:00Z Even Dana wonders, “Who’d want to read a book about a church committee,” but the story that develops from this wafer-thin premise is miraculously engaging. Review | Michelle Huneven’s ‘Search’ offers spiritual wisdom — and cookies 2022-05-03T04:00:00Z You need a wafer-thin piece of paper to separate them because there is nothing between them at the moment - they have slightly contrasting styles but they both work brilliantly. Lawro's predictions v Def Leppard's Joe Elliott 2022-04-14T04:00:00Z With their wafer-thin congressional majority and a president whose approval ratings are mired around 42 percent, Democrats are facing formidable headwinds in November’s midterm elections. Vulnerable Democrats, Seeking Distance From the Left, Offer a Midterm Agenda 2022-02-24T05:00:00Z It certainly isn’t something the White House and the Senate’s wafer-thin majority should be throwing all their weight behind lest a creeping array of state policy changes combine to undermine a deeply fundamental right. Opinion | Don’t worry! Voting is just one of many priorities voters have. 2021-10-21T04:00:00Z Democrats’ wafer-thin majorities in the House and Senate mean compromise is mandatory. Panel debates Dems’ $3.5T bill, crunch time for Biden agenda 2021-09-25T04:00:00Z The researchers used CT-scanning, X-rays, microscopic analyses and various geochemical techniques to study fragments and wafer-thin slices of the core sample - such testing being off limits for megaliths at the site. Geological analysis explains durability of Stonehenge megaliths 2021-08-04T04:00:00Z But the new government’s wafer-thin majority may prevent Lieberman implementing reform - Prime Minister Naftali Bennett may need Haredi parties to join his coalition if others abandon it. Israeli government wants more Ultra-Orthodox men to work, but faces pushback 2021-07-26T04:00:00Z In the face of fierce opposition by Senate Republicans, the wafer-thin Democratic majority in the Senate would likely require every member to support S.1. With For the People Act on life support, Mariah Carey and others try to give CPR 2021-06-10T04:00:00Z To keep warm, everyone got a Mylar blanket, a wafer-thin metallic sheet that fit in the palm of Melissa’s hand when she folded it. ‘Will I Recognize You?’ She Traveled 2,500 Miles to Reach Her Mother. 2021-05-09T04:00:00Z After a surprise victory in the 2019 election which left the ruling coalition with a wafer-thin majority, Morrison’s popularity waned over perceptions he mishandled the response to deadly bushfires in 2019-2020. Australian PM Morrison's approval rating falls to lowest in a year 2021-03-29T04:00:00Z The conservatives are governing with a wafer-thin majority and must hold an election by 2022. Facing fury over sex scandals, Australia’s leader fights tears — then retaliates in outburst at reporter 2021-03-23T04:00:00Z The real kicker was a layer of wafer-thin pickled Asian pears alongside the cucumber pickles, taking this sandwich over the edge and making up for the somewhat soggy bottom bun. Edmonds gets a new taproom, a Katsu Burger with one unique distinction and two other must-tries 2020-11-11T05:00:00Z But some say the Trump years — and Tuesday’s wafer-thin result — likely signal a permanent shift. ‘Edge of their seats’: Cliffhanger election robs victor of global mandate 2020-11-04T05:00:00Z His wafer-thin understanding of presidential leadership contributes to his most self-defeating misapprehension: that he's only the president of the red states. Time to dump the presidential dilettante — he's a cruel and incompetent failure 2020-10-27T04:00:00Z Philadelphia’s wafer-thin roster cannot compete with that depth. NFL 2020 predictions: can anyone stop Patrick Mahomes and the Chiefs? 2020-09-10T04:00:00Z One of the cake’s seven layers is comprised of wafer-thin apple slices slow-cooked in butter and sugar for 10 hours, then rested in the fridge for 10 more. It's about time: 10 meals that take 10 minutes, and 10 that take 10 hours 2020-05-14T04:00:00Z Most solar cells are made from wafer-thin slices of silicon crystals, 70% of which are made in China and Taiwan. The worldwide race to make solar power more efficient 2020-04-30T04:00:00Z Carbon 14 from nuclear reactors is infused into wafer-thin diamonds, man-made in a lab at Bristol University. Nuclear power station begins waste disposal 2020-01-05T05:00:00Z His wafer-thin victory was not confirmed until Jan. 20. Opinion | In 2020, will Democrats embrace vanilla? 2020-01-01T05:00:00Z Supermarket bread sells at wafer-thin margins, and big bakeries operate on giant economies of scale; small bakeries have to contend with high rents and labour costs, expensive organic ingredients and a time-intensive process. Flour power: meet the bread heads baking a better loaf 2019-10-10T04:00:00Z Then off I went in gold metallic sandals with a 4.5-inch wafer-thin stiletto heel, lent by Mellon, taking my reporting to new, well, highs. Pain-free stilettos? Testing a CBD foot cream’s promises | Produced by Advertising Publications 2019-10-04T04:00:00Z The government Johnson inherited from his ousted predecessor, Theresa May, was already dependent on the support of 10 lawmakers from Northern Ireland’s Democratic Unionist Party to get its wafer-thin majority. In a flash, Boris Johnson’s working majority in Britain’s Parliament is now just one seat 2019-08-02T04:00:00Z Given the government's wafer-thin majority in the House of Commons, there is a lot at stake. Why Brecon's by-election is so important 2019-07-31T04:00:00Z Republicans are nursing wafer-thin majorities — 20 to 19 in the Senate and 51 to 48 in the House, with a vacancy in each chamber. Black Va. legislators to skip Jamestown because of Trump, say those who attend are ‘complicit’ in racism 2019-07-29T04:00:00Z Mr Johnson will inherit a wafer-thin parliamentary majority and, like his predecessor, will continue to rely on the support of the Democratic Unionists of Northern Ireland to govern. Boris Johnson to form government as UK's new PM 2019-07-23T04:00:00Z But with a wafer-thin majority in the House of Commons, he will need the backing of colleagues from both sides of the divide to get a Brexit deal through parliament. Ambition fulfilled for Boris Johnson. But what next for Britain? 2019-07-23T04:00:00Z The fact remains that in a world of wafer-thin margins, even the slightest lack of energy here or there could spell disaster. NeverTrumpers, let's talk: We want your help, but so far your advice sucks 2019-07-16T04:00:00Z Serve the ribs with the salsa, some baked potatoes and a crisp slaw of wafer-thin red and white cabbage, radishes, fennel and chopped coriander. Thomasina Miers’ recipe for pork ribs with pineapple salsa | The Simple Fix 2019-07-15T04:00:00Z In fact, a wafer-thin veil might actually boost the eclipse experience, serving as a subtle backdrop upon which the moon’s 90-mile-wide shadow may fall. A total solar eclipse Tuesday will plunge a 6,800-mile path into midday darkness 2019-07-01T04:00:00Z Onasanya was elected as a Labour MP in 2017 with a wafer-thin majority of 607 but was suspended from the party after she was sentenced for lying about speeding earlier this year. Three by-election allegations not offences 2019-06-18T04:00:00Z The margin of victory in the seat has often been wafer-thin. Polls close in Peterborough by-election 2019-06-06T04:00:00Z Whatever the wafer-thin excuses might be, nothing can justify the legalization of FGM in the alleged land of the free. Shocker: Trump and Barr refuse to defend ban on female genital mutilation 2019-05-14T04:00:00Z Trump narrowly won the electoral vote, due in part to wafer-thin victories in battleground states like Michigan, Wisconsin and Pennsylvania. Look again: The Mueller report spells it out; Putin's Russian hack delivered America to Donald Trump 2019-04-23T04:00:00Z In some places, it may be only wafer-thin and set to disappear with dramatic rapidity. How anchoring a ship to an ice floe will help fight climate change 2019-04-13T04:00:00Z Richard Hunter, of Interactive Investor, said the industry as a whole was struggling: "The wafer-thin margins within the industry are susceptible to any spike in costs, which leaves the pubs vulnerable from an investment perspective." Wetherspoon's profits plunge by 19% 2019-03-15T04:00:00Z Signed by 11 Conservatives - enough to wipe out Theresa May’s wafer-thin majority - it would oblige the government to publish economic forecasts comparing the impact of its Brexit deal with remaining in the EU. Corbyn: government’s Brexit agreement ‘locks in uncertainty’ for four years or more - Politics live 2018-11-19T05:00:00Z Financing this stockpiling may be manageable for a big multi-nationals, but perhaps not for small widget makers operating on wafer-thin margins. Brexit: Can firms stop stocks running low? 2018-11-13T05:00:00Z The results will allow McConnell to resume his long-term mission of reshaping the federal judiciary, with Senate Republicans no longer restrained by a wafer-thin 51-49 majority on federal appointments. McConnell warns Democrats of the political peril of ‘presidential harassment’ 2018-11-07T05:00:00Z “These gold tablets are hugely interesting,” Saunders says of the small, wafer-thin leaves of gold. 'Underworld' at the Getty Villa examines celebrity ghosts of ancient times - Los Angeles Times 2018-10-31T04:00:00Z But it was worth the wait: when the scan materialized on screen, the fine resolution revealed intricate details of the wafer-thin cartilage that protects the hip socket. The world’s strongest MRI machines are pushing human imaging to new limits 2018-10-30T04:00:00Z It was the one last wafer-thin wisecrack that made Bill Buckner snap. Buckner and Burns blunder their way into inglorious sporting immortality | Andy Bull 2018-10-16T04:00:00Z In 2013, the N.F.L. mandated the use of thigh and knee pads but most knee pads now are smaller than a slice of bread and wafer-thin. The N.F.L.’s Incredible Shrinking Pads 2018-09-26T04:00:00Z The bloc held a wafer-thin lead over the center-right Alliance with less than 50 of 6,004 districts still to be counted. Swedish Social Democrat PM says will not step down after vote 2018-09-09T04:00:00Z But the nomination must be confirmed by the Senate, where Republicans hold a wafer-thin majority. Supreme court vacancy sparks multi-million dollar ad war to swing votes 2018-07-05T04:00:00Z They've invented a wafer-thin, highly reflective material that radiates heat even in direct sunlight. How trying to stay cool could make the world even hotter 2018-06-18T04:00:00Z But the drug’s potency means it poses a particular risk of overdose: the difference between drug-induced oblivion and death is wafer-thin. 'He was gone': fentanyl and the opioid deaths destroying Australian families 2018-05-12T04:00:00Z He retained his seat at last year's general election with a wafer-thin majority of 208 - after falling out with his local party for saying he did not want Mr Corbyn as prime minister. Local party report Woodcock to Labour NEC 2018-04-10T04:00:00Z By the end of the night Democrats were celebrating a wafer-thin victory, though this may yet be challenged. Trump’s presidency is unravelling. But he won’t fall without a push | Gary Younge 2018-03-15T04:00:00Z One exhibit will depict a storefront for Brandy Melville, a clothing company criticized for catering to wafer-thin teenage girls, offering most items in a single size. Teenagers in Md. create a pop-up museum to explain their lives, struggles 2017-12-03T05:00:00Z Catalan nationalists, who hold only a wafer-thin majority in the regional parliament, pushed the legislation for Sunday’s vote through it against considerable opposition; Catalans who wanted to remain in Spain were unlikely to vote. The Guardian view on Catalonia’s referendum: the Spanish state has lost | Editorial 2017-10-01T04:00:00Z Vettel is in position to do just that to Hamilton’s wafer-thin lead. F1: Hungarian Grand Prix – live! 2017-07-30T04:00:00Z The 1974-79 Labour government also lost seven seats, eliminating its wafer-thin majority and ultimately leading to defeat in a vote of no confidence in the House of Commons. Reality Check: How long will Theresa May's majority last? - BBC News 2017-06-29T04:00:00Z The SNP lost 21 seats overall and held others with wafer-thin majorities, but it remains the third-largest party at Westminster and could wield considerable influence in critical votes on Brexit and other policy areas. Nicola Sturgeon calls for May to pause Brexit negotiations 2017-06-12T04:00:00Z At the same time margins are wafer-thin, as carriers offer one of the world's cheapest data and voice prices. Vodafone-Idea deal could speed up India telecoms consolidation 2017-01-31T05:00:00Z Trump’s staff brush aside these niceties by saying the Scottish deal is just a wafer-thin mint of an expansion of an existing deal. The honeymoon is already over for President Trump | Richard Wolffe 2017-01-20T05:00:00Z Given that this body is packed with the party’s sympathisers, Mr Leung’s wafer-thin majority was a sign that not even the party itself was convinced he was the right person. Hong Kong’s leader says he will not run again 2016-12-09T05:00:00Z Trump has a personal and political agenda that are far from the clueless caricatures that puncture his wafer-thin skin. Don't assume Trump is dumb. He knows exactly what he's doing | Richard Wolffe 2016-12-08T05:00:00Z In other words, the consternation over what to do about the Democratic Party wouldn’t exist but for a wafer-thin margin. Democrats must own their values, Tea Party-style, not shift even more toward the mushy middle 2016-12-07T05:00:00Z "We are working on wafer-thin margins," he said. Digital payment firms cash in on India's money mess, but can it last? 2016-11-28T05:00:00Z On Earth, these layered rocks are created in shallow water by microbial mats—wafer-thin colonies of tiny organisms held together by a mucus-like substance. NASA’s Bold Plan to Hunt for Fossils on Mars Analysts believe the conservative Liberal National coalition will limp back into office, securing a wafer-thin majority of 76 seats in the 150-seat House of Representatives. Amid Political Uncertainty, Australia Faces Ratings Downgrade 2016-07-07T04:00:00Z Though by a wafer-thin – and probably temporary – margin, the breaching of this symbolic threshold could yet become self-fulfilling, if it normalises the once unthinkable prospect of a Trump White House. Hillary Clinton itching to take on Trump but Sanders and emails drag her back 2016-05-28T04:00:00Z But just for context, here’s how wafer-thin the margins are. 'Dancing With the Stars' recap: Ginger, Nyle and Paige still toe-to-toe for the win 2016-05-24T04:00:00Z Shortly before the meeting in Brussels, Greek MPs voted by a wafer-thin majority for unpopular pension reforms and budget savings. Eurozone ministers to examine how to ease Greece's debt burden 2016-05-09T04:00:00Z The vote was a test of the ruling coalition's cohesion, given its wafer-thin majority of three lawmakers in the 300-seat parliament. Greek lawmakers pass painful reforms to attain fiscal targets 2016-05-08T04:00:00Z It is a wafer-thin and slowly shrinking no man’s land, where border agents will look the other way as Mexican-American families with mixed legal status convene in the baking sun. A wall apart: divided families meet at a single, tiny spot on the US-Mexico border 2016-03-29T04:00:00Z But voters also handed him a divided state General Assembly, where Republicans hold power in the House and Democrats have a wafer-thin, two-seat majority in the Senate. Clinton, Trump Poised to Win Big Battles in Virginia 2016-02-29T05:00:00Z I am forced to conclude that our MPs are veering on the side of wit in the wafer-thin line that separates wit and cheap abuse. Letter from Africa: How to insult a politician - BBC News 2016-02-18T05:00:00Z Deposit rates are wafer-thin; banks are unlikely to charge retail customers for parking their funds. Nope to NIRP 2016-02-18T05:00:00Z The drink is garnished with a maraschino cherry that's been wrapped in a lemon peel, and a wafer-thin slice of country ham. What We're Into: Congee, fresh-baked bread and tofu tacos 2016-01-15T05:00:00Z Other reforms are still stuck in the mud, made more difficult by a wafer-thin government majority in parliament. Is Greece really on the road to recovery? - BBC News 2015-12-22T05:00:00Z In the morning, the sticky brown syrup will be eaten with wafer-thin Kurdish flatbread and salty white cheese, washed down with glasses of tea. Inside the Zagros Mountains, the forgotten region of Iranian Kurdistan 2015-10-29T04:00:00Z The current government's wafer-thin Commons majority suggests eyes will be focused more often than in the recent past on the Posh End of the Palace - the House of Lords - where the Conservatives are still outnumbered. Today in Parliament at 70: Britain's 'longest-running soap opera' - BBC News 2015-10-17T04:00:00Z The margin between the two is a wafer-thin 0.023 average points, the narrowest gap between the world's top two players since the official rankings were launched in 1986. McIlroy, Spieth keep 'to-and-fro' going in battle for No. 1 2015-09-14T04:00:00Z The margins for error are wafer-thin now, and negotiating Friday’s hurdle might just provide evidence that this Scotland team is made of something different. Euro 2016 qualifiers: 10 things to look out for 2015-09-03T04:00:00Z He takes wafer-thin dollops of nothing and extrapolates that nothingness into super-colossal plots against humanity. Conspiracy theorists have hijacked the GOP: What happens when Trump, Cruz & Carson start following Alex Jones’ lead? 2015-07-22T04:00:00Z Florida governor Jeb Bush, who has watched his wafer-thin lead in surveys of Republican voters slip to the businessman, tweeted: “Enough with the slanderous attacks.” Donald Trump refuses to apologize for 'absolutely fine' attack on John McCain 2015-07-19T04:00:00Z ABC’s newscast with David Muir, by a wafer-thin margin of 40,000 viewers, won for the months of April, May and June together - its first quarter-year victory in eight years. Campbell movie sets standard for CNN film 2015-06-30T04:00:00Z ABC's newscast with David Muir, by a wafer-thin margin of 40,000 viewers, won for the months of April, May and June together — its first quarter-year victory in eight years. Campbell movie sets standard for CNN film 2015-06-30T04:00:00Z But while it may represent a defeat for those Tories who saw this election as a potential opportunity to rid themselves of David Cameron, he must now govern with a wafer-thin majority. Profound consequences and serious questions - BBC News 2015-05-08T04:00:00Z Index funds’ wafer-thin expenses led to better returns than the fancier actively-managed funds they routinely beat. Where Is John C. Bogle's Presidential Medal Of Freedom? 2015-02-09T05:00:00Z I argued then that any deal would probably mean cheaper bills in the long run, creating a significant headache for other mobile operators which already operate with wafer-thin profit margins. BT faces a regulatory backlash 2014-12-15T05:00:00Z The bench is wafer-thin, their point guard situation is troublesome and with three new starters and six other newcomers on the roster, everyone’s still learning their roles. For Dwyane Wade, act III of his Miami Heat career is life without LeBron Amazon may be in it for the long haul, but it’s currently making wafer-thin profits and running with very little margin. Google Smacks Down Microsoft: Forget Bing, Biggest Fight Is Against Amazon 2014-10-14T04:00:00Z Samaras insists that with his administration’s wafer-thin majority, further cost-cutting reforms would be rejected by the Greek parliament. Greek PM expects early bailout exit 2014-09-23T04:00:00Z The downside: It has to make massive investments in infrastructure, employ legions of people, and operate on a wafer-thin profit margin. Alibaba vs. Amazon: Who Will Win the Global E-Commerce War? 2014-09-22T04:00:00Z Yet these are wafer-thin decisions: Donald has not had a top-30 finish since April, and doesn’t seem the player he was since remodelling his swing at the end of last year. Ryder Cup wildcard picks: would purely using data have given a different answer? 2014-09-11T04:00:00Z Scottish MPs turned a Conservative government into a Labour one with a wafer-thin majority of 4 in 1964 and a majority of 3 in 1974. What Happens If Scotland Votes For Independence? 2014-09-10T04:00:00Z The stakes are high and the polling margins are wafer-thin in a dead heat battle between incumbent Governor Scott Walker and Democratic candidate Mary Burke. A Critical Election For Wisconsin's Economy Will Be Decided By Wafer-Thin Margins 2014-08-22T04:00:00Z Many of the suits accused the company of minor violations of Ukraine’s labeling law – such as not placing a "quality seal" on tiny memory cards and wafer-thin batteries inside mobile phones. Special Report: How scams and shakedowns brought down Ukraine to its knees 2014-08-07T04:00:00Z But the net result in the North East was the gain of just one - Stockton South - and even that with a wafer-thin majority. Inside a northern Conservative club 2014-06-13T04:00:00Z No obsessing over the wafer-thin rotation the Mariners with which the Mariners start the season – Felix Hernandez and four question marks. Mariners fans, keep hope alive — at least for opening day 2014-03-31T01:52:04Z But delegates refused the request by a wafer-thin majority and the shark ban was upheld. In pictures: Science news highlights of 2013 2013-12-26T02:45:10Z The wafer-thin wings of a fly flap 120 times a second. Observatory: A Remote-Controlled Robot the Size of a Fly 2013-05-06T19:20:44Z The robot mimics their airborne abilities by tweaking the movement of two wafer-thin wings that flap at 120 times a second. Robotic fly takes off at Harvard 2013-05-03T14:46:26Z The Canard Enchaine, wafer-thin yet jam-packed with political gossip and satire, also makes money. Sleaze-raking French website has political elite quaking 2013-04-09T18:27:52Z The margins at this level continue to be desperately wafer-thin. Exeter 9-12 Leicester 2013-03-23T19:48:48Z Sceptics point out that plenty of elegant, wafer-thin screens are already on sale. Information technology: Has Apple peaked? 2013-01-24T10:49:10Z With the rest of its likely allies, some of them more than likely to prove uncertain allies, the Netanyahu coalition is projected to hold a wafer-thin majority of 61 to 59 in the Knesset. Israel Steps Back From the Brink 2013-01-23T09:45:00Z In truth, the margin between them in terms of success on the field is wafer-thin this year. Column: Only 1 athlete of the year in 2012, Messi 2012-12-12T22:04:09Z The move by Mr Slipper, a former opposition lawmaker, into the Speaker's post had helped secure Prime Minister Julia Gillard's wafer-thin parliamentary majority. Court clears Australian Speaker 2012-12-12T08:26:57Z Investors in German and Dutch government paper are already receiving negative or wafer-thin yields. Investing in a Triple-A-Free Bond World 2012-11-23T09:45:38Z Although the bishops and clergy met that test, the vote of lay members was a wafer-thin six short of a two-thirds majority. Church of England Rejects Appointing Female Bishops 2012-11-21T10:04:11Z In a cut-throat business with wafer-thin profit margins, Kingfisher's glamour simply did not make money. The rise and fall of Vijay Mallya: are India's boom times ending? 2012-11-12T20:00:02Z Florida propelled former President George W. Bush to a wafer-thin victory in 2000 when he won the state by 537 votes. Election over but final Florida results still not in 2012-11-07T08:27:15Z So close in size were the two camps that balloting often resulted in wafer-thin majorities—or awkward power-sharing arrangements between them. Unbeatable Bibi 2012-10-15T05:00:00Z An old man sat at a desk, surrounded by cream-coloured, wafer-thin piles. The write rules 2012-08-22T17:20:53.910Z Its newest flagship phone, the Galaxy S III, is sleek and wafer-thin. After Steve Jobs: Is Apple Losing Its Shine? 2012-08-03T11:05:32Z They start as favourites, but the margins are wafer-thin. London 2012: Victoria Pendleton and Sir Chris Hoy start new medal chase 2012-08-01T13:06:28Z The gap remained wafer-thin until the leaders approached Hampton Court, at which point the advantage finally rose over the 30-second mark. Armitstead wins silver and Britain's first medal of Games 2012-07-29T14:53:35Z Every new proposal to restore traders' trust in the futures markets threatens to further erode already wafer-thin margins. Analysis: For brokers like Peregrine, from bad times to worse 2012-07-23T05:10:42Z I loved the lavishly flavorful black tagliatelle with giant scallops, shrimp and wafer-thin slices of zucchini in a white-wine broth. | West Hartford: A Review of Treva, in West Hartford 2012-06-22T23:36:18Z Samsung, LG hope new wafer-thin TV display will boost flagging sales TV manufacturers are making billion dollar bets on a new display technology that promises imagery of eye-popping clarity. Review: Samsung Galaxy S III 2012-06-20T15:24:00Z The coroner, Michael Rose, called on magazines to stop the practice of showing pictures of "wafer-thin" models. Media blasted over girl's death 2012-06-20T15:04:32Z But the most wafer-thin finding of the report is that successful CMOs engage in more coaching of teachers. Secrets of ?miraculous? charter management organizations 2012-03-27T08:00:00Z She leads a minority government which relies on independents for its wafer-thin majority. Rudd home amid leadership battle 2012-02-24T02:10:41Z Putin has tried to appease the protesters while rejecting their key demand of annulling the results of the December parliamentary vote, which handed a wafer-thin majority to the ruling party. Russia's Kasparov Plots His Next Move 2012-01-05T15:55:03Z Many fans want to sup with Mr Jones, despite the fact that he once exploded after eating a wafer-thin mint. Crowd-funding books: A novel idea 2011-07-21T11:24:00Z I do ask, particularly the magazines in the fashion industry, to stop publishing photographs of wafer-thin girls. Media blasted over girl's death 2012-06-20T15:04:32Z But such places and people represent a wafer-thin slice of Gazan society, and focusing on them distorts the broader and grimmer picture. A Construction Boom in Gaza?s Lingering Ruins 2011-06-25T22:09:20Z The race is close because next year both Obama and the Republican nominee are likely to be skating on wafer-thin ice. Numbers Matter. But Which Ones? 2011-06-09T12:15:00Z As Sunday’s tallies rose, an aged woman joined the procession of the wounded, as did a wafer-thin 92-year-old man, who was carried into the tent with bloodied face and feet. In a Triage Tent in Libya, a Grim Procession 2011-04-18T01:59:11Z The Stanley Cup champion Blackhawks kept their wafer-thin hold on the eighth and final playoff spot in the Western Conference by getting one point for the overtime loss. Canadiens advance to playoffs, Chicago still in contention 2011-04-06T03:36:53Z For landlords, profit margins are often wafer-thin; a 2009 report by the Commons business and enterprise committee found that 78% of lessees were dissatisfied with their "tie" to big pub companies. Punch Taverns plots another way out of ?3bn debt and a pub empire in crisis 2011-03-27T00:05:45Z He still possesses a considerable repertoire of strokes but each one has been practised and executed so many times that the element of risk had been whittled wafer-thin. Tendulkar must bow out with a bang 2011-02-18T17:26:13Z The prize inside: four wafer-thin magnets containing about 30 grams of rare earth metals. Rare Earths from Japan's Junk Pile 2011-01-06T22:00:00Z The deal left the enlarged bank with wafer-thin capital ratios. FSA paid ?7.6m for secret RBS report 2011-01-10T07:04:01Z Some lawmakers believe Mr. Berlusconi's wafer-thin majority will pave the way to early elections despite the confidence vote. Berlusconi Survives Confidence Vote 2010-12-15T06:19:43Z The deal left it with wafer-thin capital cushions. Fred Goodwin escapes sanction for taking RBS to the brink of collapse 2010-12-01T22:00:00Z Electoral maths The ailing Fianna Fáil/Green party coalition survives on a wafer-thin majority. Cowen fights to save fragile coalition amid calls for snap election 2010-11-22T21:01:00Z As the Guardian's transport correspondent at the time, I recognised many of the characters easily through their wafer-thin cloak of anonymity and was appalled by the lack of balance. The Social Network and docudrama dishonesty 2010-09-24T13:30:00Z Inventors and component manufacturers will be showing their latest creations to consumer-electronics companies, looking for technology and materials to build the next iPad or wafer-thin 3-D TV. Future of display is here: Latest tech visions for touch screens, monitors of next-Gen gadgets 2010-05-24T05:25:00Z Scholars like Turley — who feels Kagan's output of legal writings is "wafer-thin" compared to those of candidates like Wood — think so. Is the Supreme Court Too Packed With Ivy Leaguers? 2010-05-12T21:25:00Z Those sales generate only wafer-thin profit margins, but the idea is that shoppers will be tempted to buy other, much more lucrative paraphernalia once they cross the threshold. Poundland: Posh shoppers buy into bargain paradise 2010-05-08T23:06:00Z Like previous fugitive godfathers, Messina Denaro controls the mob by sending secret "pizzini" -- tiny pieces of paper typed on wafer-thin paper and hidden between the messenger's toes -- which are used to communicate between mafia lieutenants. Italy arrests 19 accused of helping mafia boss 2010-03-15T13:46:00Z After a few minutes, he tilts off the excess chocolate and with the accuracy of a jeweler’s eye, examines the wafer-thin shells that remain in the tray. 2010-02-13T00:04:00Z The move was telling, hinting at the gravity with which policy-makers saw a labor supply shrinkage, particularly given the risk of squeezing still vulnerable exporters facing wafer-thin margins to attract hard-up Western clients. 2010-02-12T02:16:00Z In many export industries, particularly steel, margins are already wafer-thin. 2010-01-07T07:17:00Z The shell of the wall, exposed where the door frame had torn away, was wafer-thin. It Could Be Anything In an amazingly short time the Cassatts had become demoralized—a familiar illustration of how civilization is merely a wafer-thin veneer over most human beings as yet. Susan Lenox: Her Fall and Rise There was no sugar or coffee, and neither rye nor currant-bread, or sliced sausage or wafer-thin cheese for any one; but only potatoes and some barley grain. Dutch Fairy Tales for Young Folks |
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