Sentences with phrase «important first stab»

With the IPCC previously «taking a pass», in its assessment of Greenland's contribution to sea - level rise - due to poor understanding of how ice sheets would respond to global warming back in 2007 - this new paper is an important first stab at pinning down the slippery mechanisms of «ice sheet dynamics».

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Despite what everyone first thought, the game turned out to be a serious experience with some adult themes that hadn't been seen before in the Zelda series, with important messages about time and letting things go (and, after all, the game does end with a ten - year - old child stabbing an old man through the skull with a giant sword).
Most important, Lusk said, is for non-bike-friendly areas to take a first stab at providing cycle tracks, because once they've got the first 10 miles, people will start biking, and demand more infrastructure.
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