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Portentously, Gunung Agung, though long dormant, chose this particular moment to begin emitting smoke and firing rocks into the air, but the ceremony went ahead anyway, literally under a cloud.
The two Times explain that the Chilean election marks not only the resuscitation of socialism in the country but also of the dormant right--the margin of victory was slim over a former Pinochet aide.
Quibbling over such syntax may seem trivial, but language is so often a dormant phenomenon that it is worth tweaking its tail on occasion.
Western and Eastern Utah are divided by two biogeographic provinces that differ in precipitation patterns [ 29 ] . Western Utah is part of the Great Basin, which receives the majority of precipitation during the winter months when most fungi may be dormant.
Graciously, it remains dormant for the sake of the hundreds of thousands of visitors who come every year to climb to the summit.