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  • In the unknown world, I might actually be some sort of nacent angel, or some kind of pupae-stage hero, some kind of backwater demigod.

    Apology of a Madman 2009

  • Bernanke also agreed with Schumer's contention that too much cutting could "snuff out the nacent recovery" and could lead to "job loss."

    Did Ben Bernanke undercut key Dem talking point about GOP budget cuts? 2011

  • There's a lot of money being lost to home DVD viewing (and the nacent video on demand market, not to mention the illegal BitTorrents) that could see the megaplex go the way of the drive-in if they aren't careful.

    POLL RESULTS: Movie Theater Attendance 2005

  • While a similar movement is taking shape in South Korea, such as the "Anti-E-Mart Movement," it is still nacent and no visible results have been accomplished thus far.

    Small is Beautiful 2006

  • One thing you might consider is to have a link at the bottom of each issue that has legs – Eg; Fitzgeral/Libby/Cheney and his organ monkey, W -titled “Background time-line” and bring a nacent reader up to snuff with just bullet points of what happened.

    Firedoglake » Late Nite FDL: An Invitation to De-Lurk 2006

  • I spentthe better part of today in a long faculty meeting about our nacent Dean search.

    Firedoglake » Gender and Identity Politics 2006

  • More details have emerged about an agreement between YouTube.com, a nacent video file sharing site and MTV2.

    YouTube Featuring MTV Videos 2006

  • I've got 2 posts still in draft form and several more in nacent form in my head.

    I've been and will be away .... Darren Kuropatwa 2005

  • I've got 2 posts still in draft form and several more in nacent form in my head.

    Archive 2005-07-01 Darren Kuropatwa 2005

  • With little interest in the consequences to a nacent reasonable Iraq, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, etc., on they went, even while all but Europe's fringes are in missile range.

    Atlantic Review Joerg Wolf 2010

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  • a resent development ,not yet proven of value or use ,in infancy of proving worthy of concideration

    August 15, 2012