This reform, called 'silent reform' because it is imperceptible to citizens in its early stages, basically consists in increasing maximum pensions in line with inflation instead of wage or productivity growth.
Replaceable stages: These stages are basically used in applications where a number of specimen examinations need to be done with one microscope.
Mr. Beane's play needs us to fall a little bit in love with Diane — like it or not, everyone else on the stage is basically a stooge for her machinations.
The Pyramid stage was basically built on top of the cowsheds, the backstage area was half a dozen Transit vans parked up and we all had a cup of tea at Michael Eavis's house after we finished.
At the top of the show, Fern Smith as Medea walked on stage and basically had a fight with the rest of her cast for an hour; they just attacked each other.
Categories of competition during the season include time trials, which can be an individual or team event; one-day, or classic, races in which distances can vary between 200 and 280 km (124 to 175 miles) for professionals and 140 to 200 km (87 to 124 miles) for amateurs; and multiday, or stage, races, basically a series of classic races run on successive days.
Eschewing the lasers, pyrotechnics and Day-Glo fashions of previous tours, things are kept relatively low-key; the stage is basically two large light boxes joined by a floating bit of Perspex, while the muted outfits seem to take inspiration from Kanye's all-beige-everything Yeezy line.
The 3D means at one stage we basically get a squelching of sperm swooshing out of the screen straight at the audience, as well as what can only be described as a nightmare penis-slit shot, rhythmically chugging in and out at us through a hideous tunnel of purple flesh big enough for Eurostar.
Palihapitiya divulged his idea to help the lower income residents of San Francisco while up on stage earlier, basically saying he thought San Francisco startups should have a 1% equity tax.
