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On the shelf.
If something like a project is on the shelf, nothing is being done about it at the moment.
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Rumsfeld's plan for invading Iraq was excellent, "an evolutionary advance over what Rumsfeld had found on the shelf," and American forces took Baghdad in 21 days.
Predictions that oil deposits could be found on the shelf of Kalmykia's Caspian Sea coast have dangled the carrot of future prosperity.
The company is experimenting with small four-wheel-drive vehicles, about the size of a quad-bike, and fitting them with automatic systems and navigational capabilities.Often these systems can be found on the shelf, so to speak.
By C. D. Curlin and Brendan Gill The New Yorker, December 21 , 1946P. 17 In the library of the University Club, Washington, D. C., a volume entitled "Rules and Procedure of the House of Representatives," is to be found on the shelf labelled "Fiction".
Since then he's traveled the country spreading his graphical gospel, and written three other books, most of which can be found on the shelf of any graphic designer who still consumes words and images on paper.
It will no doubt be found on the shelf of those with a clinical interest in skin cancer.
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Careers Services constantly receive details of jobs and employment schemes and events, so I didn't just rely on what I found on the shelves; I spoke to one of the career advisers, Jeanette Graham.
Its wares can be found on the shelves of countless musicians in the city.
There is fate in the moldy, dog-eared paperbacks found on the shelves and bedside tables of summer guest rooms.
Today they can be found on the shelves of retailers high and low: Sephora, Nordstrom, drugstores, the corner deli.
It can be found on the shelves of libraries throughout the nation, casting a dour eye upon patrons and librarians alike.
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