Sentence examples for dp from inspiring English sources
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Initialism of director of photography
Failed DP forward Sherjill MacDonald wants out and is looking to return to Belgium, defensive depth must be addressed, and that international striker everyone is pining for should arrive forthwith.
In 2006 DP abandoned plans to buy American ports after a political backlash.
By contrast, as the dispute over DP World showed, conflicts over one investment can rapidly become generalised to others either directly or through bodies like the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States, which weighs up the implications of takeovers on national security.
Above all, the DP objected to the ratification of a free-trade agreement (FTA) with the United States.This is hypocritical, since, when the DP (under a different name) was itself the majority party, it had backed its leader, the former president, Roh Moo-hyun, in pushing for the FTA, negotiated and signed on his watch.
Now, DP assemblymen prefer to identify with the pact's presumed losers, such as rice-farmers, who will remain shut out of American markets.
Earlier this year, DP World, a company controlled by Dubai's government, successfully bid for Britain's P&O and is set to take over the running of its network of ports around the world, including several in America.
With a roster bolstered by the acquisition of two experienced Argentines (at sub-DP prices) no one imagined that conventional wisdom about the club would be, 'Hey, it could have been worse.' Faith remains high, but the Timbers Army is running a few decibels lower while the club struggles to build momentum.
Vallarpadam, a port in the Indian state of Kerala owned by DP World, is only a third full.
But the experience of Dubai's DP World suggests that America would not roll out a red carpet.
Legislation to reform the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States, which reviews the national-security impact of investments and was at the heart of the DP World controversy, will probably be passed within the next few weeks.
Any Arab employees whom DP World ships in will be subject to American visa approval, no easy matter nowadays.Alas, America's politicians seem to be in no mood to discuss this issue rationally.
