That determination to proceed has become almost beside the point in the battle over Keystone XL's fate, which has dragged on since November 2008.
The offer of a donation made in terms of a percentage of proceeds has become a familiar pitch, and it is one that arouses the profound irritation of people like Professor Einstein and the economist Patrick M. Rooney, monitors of the philanthropic world, precisely because the phrase itself is subjective and vague.
The bodies of four British soldiers killed recently were flown home on Tuesday, their coffins proceeding in what has become a familiar, silent ritual through streets lined with people in the town of Wootton Basset in Wiltshire on their way from a nearby air base.
As the consultation on the east-west "Crossrail for bikes" and its shorter north-south counterpart proceeds, this view has become loudly commonplace.
It proceeded from what has become the classic post-cold war scenario for Europe: that Russia would provoke an incident on the border with Estonia that would escalate into war.
Yet they are proceeding warily: while Hamburg has become a profitable hub for New York musicals, even called "the Broadway of Europe" in some circles, this tourist-heavy city has mostly been an importer of shows during its curiously meteoric rise as a musical theater capital.
Whether the Oscars can proceed without a union confrontation has become an open question, assuming that the writers' strike has not ended by then.
Industrial development and urbanization are proceeding rapidly in Latin America, and environmental pollution has become widespread.
"It has become completely impossible for the court proceedings to proceed in this case".
Besides, it has become typical of Europe to proceed one step at a time -- often with delays and without a long-term plan.
