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ve stij

  • n  an indication that something has been present

  • If judiciary backs down then the last vestige of democracy would crumble much as other democratic institutions had crumbled.
  • But as a pop-cultural force, the TV commercial may be, like the evening news, a pricey vestige of the mass-media era.
  • His signature silhouette of skinny pants and blouson jacket, a vestige of Ghesquiere's obsession with the '80s (think Bow Wow Wow), is a virtual staple in fashion's contemporary .
News & Articles

  • Swiss Panel Recommends Exchange of Bank Data With EU
    Switzerland should be ready to share data on foreign depositors with the European Union even before a global standard is established, a government panel said on Friday, a move which would lift the last vestige of its tradition of banking secrecy.
    June 14, 2013 - New York Times
  • Abandoned oil wells surface as a threat of water pollution
    LULING — Amid the dry weeds on a 470-acre ranch here, a rusted head of steel pokes up, a vestige of an oil well abandoned decades ago. Across the field stand two huge, old wooden oil tanks, one of them tilting like a smokestack on the Titanic.
    June 13, 2013 - The San Angelo Standard-Times
Quotes

  • Andrew Cuomo in USA Today
    The probe's scope shows the mob "still exists in the city and the state of New York," said New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo. "We like to think that it's a vestige of the past. It's not."
  • Ari Fleischer in Washington Post
    I guess that last vestige of decency is gone,said Ari Fleischer, who was Bush's first press secretary.
  • Tony Blair in USA Today
    There is now no vestige of excuse for anyone to carry on with terrorism or bloodshed,Blair added.

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