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He relished exacting brutal revenge for the four straight wins Sunderland recorded against his Newcastle side while reminding his former north-east public he is not so shabby a manager after all.
The wave of sleaze allegations and revelations is exacting a high political toll across the region.
The conflict is exacting a heavy toll on children, affecting not just their wellbeing and their safety but also their access to basic health, education and social services".
And however exacting the EPA's rules are, drafting and implementing them will be a long and uncertain process.The EPA's authority over greenhouse gases stems from the Clean Air Act, which was first passed in 1970 to combat smog.
For those with less than $100 billion in assets, by and large, there was little systemic risk and thus little need for the most exacting stress tests or elaborate "living wills".In Mr Tarullo's scheme oversight would become more exacting at $100 billion in assets, with the application of rules from Dodd-Frank regarding things like liquidity, risk disclosure and capital.
Detective Chief Superintendent Andy Sellers, who leads Trident, says that some of the killers are the Jamaican gangsters of London folklore, sometimes exacting revenge for incidents that occurred in the Caribbean; others are "home-grown" youths who have graduated from mugging.
The disgruntled could punish a leader they considered unfair with a "fine" of 400 shillings, but exacting the punishment was not free: the citizen had to pay 100 shillings to do so.As loss-aversion theory predicts, embezzled tax provoked greater anger than stolen aid.
This risk had become more apparent in the 1980s as regulations were tightened up and accounting standards became more exacting.
But rivalry from developing countries in the markets for oil and commodities is already exacting a price from the West.
"We are exacting a heavy price from Hamas and the [other] terrorist organisations," the prime minister said.If Mr Morsi does succeed in knitting together a ceasefire soon, both Hamas and Israel will claim success in the subsequent battle of perceptions.
"Berlin and its Culture" is copiously illustrated, and laid out with as exacting an eye as Anna Dorothea Therbusch, a Berlin painter, shows in her self-portrait of 1761.In this section Another way to house art Good Lord, it's Widmerpool Berlin and its culture A beauty is born Götterdämmerung postponed Reprints.
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The word "exacting " primarily functions as an adjective . It modifies nouns to describe something that requires great care, accuracy, or effort. Ludwig AI confirms its role in setting high standards.
Expression frequency: Very common
