Sentences with phrase «by anything tangible»

1) If the $, the #, the Euro etc are nothing more than government IOUs (they've not been backed by anything tangible like gold for over 40 years now) how is it possible for the any government to borrow its own currency?

And it was not until July 1969, with the Apollo 11 mission, that the astronauts could see for themselves that the earth was not held up by anything tangible.

Right now, for the first time in human history, world currencies are free - floating, meaning they're not backed by anything tangible.

Not exact matches

And, as if this wasn't bad enough, sometimes this huge profit «tool» (the second sticker) wouldn't even show anything tangible being added to the car, just the letters «A.D.M.U» (which stood for Additional Dealer Mark - Up) or the words «Market Value Adjustment» followed by a dollar amount that could oftentimes exceed $ 1,000.

Spring is tangible and anything else could be covered by E3 with more games (potentially).

Just like with the original 3DS, our experience didn't quite reach these heady quoted heights — we conked out more around the five - and - a-bit front for 3D — but there's a tangible difference and it comes off well in comparisons to both the Vita and smartphones, the latter capable of excellent stand - by times but struggling typically with anything graphic intensive for too long.