Even if Mr. Arafat were to soften his stance on Israel, how significant such a breakthrough would be is far from clear.
The most significant such translation this year — possibly in many years — is Zbigniew Herbert's "Collected Poems, 1956-1998" (Ecco/HarperCollins, $34.95), translated by Alissa Valles, which was published in February to (almost) universal acclaim.
Analysts said the Australian flag carrier's cancellation was one of the most significant such announcements to date, even in an industry that has already undergone major cost cuts and shake-ups.
For a French institution, the gift is particularly significant: such donations are rare in France, where collectors do not reap the tax benefits that Americans do.
The 118.28 carat oval white diamond is the largest and most significant such stone graded by the Gemological Institute of America.
Shortly after ten o'clock this morning, John Roberts and his colleagues handed down a bunch of rulings, some of them significant, such as one that struck down part of the Arizona immigration law, but none of them pertaining to the Affordable Health Care for America Act, a.k.a.a
LOS ANGELES — The University of California, Berkeley, announced Wednesday that it would offer far more financial aid to middle-class students starting next fall, with families earning up to $140,000 a year expected to contribute no more than 15 percent of their annual income, in what experts described as the most significant such move by a public institution.
To make that figure more palatable, Mr. Boehner and other party leaders have begun emphasizing to their colleagues how significant such reductions would be and reminding them that the current fight is just the first of three, with the 2012 budget and the debt-limit increase following close behind.
Mr Hewitt said he believed that evidence pointed out by Dr Wilcox as significant, such as the absence of any palm prints from Mr Williams on the bath, could be explained by him not having touched it as he got into the bag but he accepted other evidence, such as the absence of the victim's DNA on the padlock, remained unexplained.
No one knows how significant such a rise might be.
Other latent variables were also significant, such as: clinical analyses perceived quality and facilities perceived quality.
