Nothing was happening — the entire day was cancelled, the convention hall empty and silent except for a sound check being read out by someone who kept botching the section of the Declaration of Independence about dissolving ties with England.
As voices in sustainability – on the Guardian and elsewhere – called on companies to dissolve ties with the group for its environmental stance, big players such as Google, Microsoft, Facebook and eBay answered by doing just that (while Overstock recently rejoined the group).
The news of Kelly's split from Sony Music — he was scrubbed Friday morning from both RCA Records and Universal Music Publishing websites — comes after fervent calls and protests for the company to dissolve ties with the singer-songwriter.
aJaccard network stability index = (Number of ties present at both Wave 1 and Wave 2) / (Number of ties present at both Wave 1 and Wave 2 + Number of new ties + Number of dissolved ties).
Starbucks had said it was pulling out of Israel because it was dissolving its ties with a partner in the country and because of an economic downturn in the area.
But the kidnapping of the Wall Street Journal journalist Daniel Pearl, and some aspects of Pakistan's response, threaten to cloud that visit with reminders of a country riven by rivalries between security agencies unwilling or unable to dissolve old ties with Muslim militants.
Richard L. Brodsky, a state assemblyman who wrote the statute dissolving the center's ties with the county, praised the center for not resorting to budgetary gimmicks.
With the cold war over, she is in the process of dissolving her ties to the latest cabal of right-wing ruffians with whom she has been involved.
The Metro board intends to dissolve its Riders Advisory Councill next month, cutting ties with its rider liaison group at a time when the agency's staff is prioritizing its online survey community, Amplify.
He publicly severed ties with Vybz Kartel, dissolving the ventures that the two had built together, including Street Vybz Rum and the popular Kingston night club the Building, where the satellite performance was supposed to have been staged.
