| When the history of a once-great company is written, they'll be able to point to this defining moment as the start of the downhill slide. |
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| His speech is the herald of decolonisation and, as such, is a defining moment in history. |
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| They went to war together and both were instrumental in a victory that many consider a defining moment in Canadian hockey history. |
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| We thought pitch invasions were a thing of the past but this was a defining moment for the Orchard County and the long wait was over. |
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| In yet another defining moment, Paul Dodds scythed down a sixteen stone Tongan in full flight to inspire those around him. |
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| Is the response to the extreme cruelty of tyrants the defining moment of the human condition? |
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| His appointment was without doubt a defining moment in the history of the Daily Telegraph. |
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| He agreed that the defining moment of the match came with Thompson's ordering off. |
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| In the defining moment of the match, a ball missed Lara's bat by a hair's breadth. |
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| What happened during this pivotal meeting that was a defining moment of the nuclear age? |
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| Seconds later came the defining moment of the match when Giggs missed an open goal which would have restored Welsh supremacy. |
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| The experience was a defining moment that spurred the imagination of the business students. |
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| A defining moment came on the stroke of half time, when a compelling sequence saw the last man tackled into touch in the act of scoring. |
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| Will Thai schoolchildren ever get to learn the truth about a defining moment in their country's modern history? |
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| It was lauded as a triumph for democracy and a defining moment for the future of Africa. |
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| Cardinal sees the house fire as a defining moment in his life, one that encouraged him to take a chance. |
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| Fifty years on, however, the Union stands at a crossroads, a defining moment in its existence. |
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| This is a defining moment for ourselves, between ourselves and European citizens, and between Europe and the wider world. |
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| The ICPD had been a defining moment in Dr. Sadik's already distinguished career. |
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| In his keynote address, Mr. Jammeh affirmed that the ninth special session was taking place at a defining moment in the history of humankind. |
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| In the defining moment of the film, Hedwig, a MTF transsexual played by a cisgender gay man, kisses Yitzhak, an ambiguously male character played by a cisgender woman. |
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| Not for a further 25 years did Dallapiccola summon up the courage to write to Schoenberg and explain how that evening had been a defining moment in his life. |
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| To my mind this was the defining moment in the great India-Pakistan cricketing divide when contests assumed proportions and dimensions other than mere sport. |
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| The governor did just fine on the question, but it could have become a defining moment had he put a face to the question at hand. |
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| He told me that the watching the Snake-Eyes story was a defining moment in his childhood. |
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| Today Liberians go to the polls in what will be a defining moment for their tenuous democracy. |
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| As for whether Gaga herself was ever bullied, her mother recalls one anxiety-ridden weekend that became a defining moment. |
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| It could have been a defining moment for a candidate with the courage and decency to buck the base. |
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| It may or may not prove a defining moment in the history of the American welfare state. |
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| In China, the defining moment was when a protester in France tried to grab the flame from a female torchbearer in a wheelchair. |
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| The entry into force of the Nice Treaty on 1 February 2003 was a defining moment for the Union's means of action here. |
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| You have my sincere wishes for the work of leadership which you bring to Poland at this defining moment. |
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| The 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games were a defining moment for Canada. |
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| Employment experience in the arts was a defining moment for several others. |
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| For Jalili and his allies, however, this war was the defining moment and victory was surrendered by the timidity of the clergy. |
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| Anzac Day, commemorating the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps, celebrates this defining moment. |
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| The Hatfield train crash on 17 October 2000 was a defining moment in the collapse of Railtrack. |
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| As Canada's Aboriginal peoples assume greater self-determination, we in corporate Canada have a ready-made opportunity to take part in what could be a defining moment in history. |
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| The entry into force of the Treaty of Nice on 1 February 2003 was a defining moment in terms of the means of action available to the European Union for enforcing respect for fundamental rights by the Member States. |
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| In 2003, the world has come to a defining moment, with the convergence of several important trends opening unprecedented opportunities to move into a new and better century. |
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| I believe it would be appropriate at this point to actually recap where we are, so Canadians understand just how significant this debate is and how we are at a defining moment in the life of our country. |
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| Historians consider Bosworth Field to mark the end of the Plantagenet dynasty, making it a defining moment of English and Welsh history. |
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| A defining moment for the country was also a defining one for Tina Brown. |
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| We have to respond, this is a defining moment in the relationship. |
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| It is clear, from the excitement in the air, that today represents a defining moment for all of us who are committed to the success of this port, this community, and this region. |
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| Several said it was their current employment in the arts that was their constant defining moment, providing them with continual inspiration, challenge, energy and joy. |
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| Yet it was not easy, on the balance of play, to be convinced by Pellegrini and his defeated players that the reprieve might somehow be a defining moment over the two legs. |
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| Russia's entry into the WTO family of nations marks a defining moment in the WTO's history and in the evolution of the rules-based, open, multilateral trading system. |
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