I've put him in traction.

A motorized traction table for stretching the spine.

Regulations on forklift trucks and traction equipment, No. 562 1994

And so this idea has a lot of traction with us.

It died in large part because it lacked constituent buy in it lacked stakeholder traction.

It just came out six months ago, and it's getting unbelievable traction right now in Germany.

But what this lets you do is gives you that all important traction, and counter traction, so that you can dissect, so that you can sew, so that you can do all the things that you need to do, all the surgical tasks.

And one of the applications that we've been working on and this has gotten a little bit of traction worldwide is the application of virtual autopsies.

And thinking that, can an individual actually do something, or come up with something, that may actually get some traction out there and make a difference?

It was acknowledged that the Commission, like the International Court of Justice in the Barcelona Traction case, had the overall objective of avoiding situations of overlapping claims.

That provision had also been based on the decision of the International Court of Justice in the Barcelona Traction case and was considered by the Commission to be relatively uncontroversial.

So it gained some traction, and we're trying to roll this out and trying to use it for educational purposes, but also, perhaps in the future, in a more clinical situation.

Some delegations noted with approval that, in codifying the rules on diplomatic protection of legal persons, the Commission had based its work on the rules derived from the Barcelona Traction case.

The Nordic countries were pleased that, when codifying the rules on diplomatic protection of legal persons, the Commission had based its work on the rules derived from the Barcelona Traction case.

Bilateral trade agreements have been gaining traction lately. For example, the EU and Canada recently concluded a Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement, which is likely to become the basis for the TTIP.

That concept, which had appeared for the first time in the Judgment of the International Court of Justice in the Barcelona Traction case, had been used by the Court on many occasions.

The decision of the International Court of Justice in the Barcelona Traction case suggested that the Court intended to limit erga omnes rights and obligations to those arising under jus cogens norms.

So Dan demonstrates the many self learners who take this course off the Web, on their own traction, on their own initiative, and it's quite amazing because these people cannot care less about grades.

Europe is slipping back into recession just when recovery in the United States is finally getting some traction. nbsp That has undermined the case for fiscal consolidation, which is so heavily favored in Europe.

But nuclear issues still struggle for public resonance and political traction. It would take a brave gambler to bet on ratification of the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty by the US Senate any time soon.

No wonder that fringe political movements are gaining traction throughout the eurozone. And no wonder that voters in almost two thirds of eurozone countries have turned out the incumbents in their most recent elections.

Some of this was warranted some of it was not. And now a related distorted narrative one that in 2014 could needlessly undermine policies that are key to improving America s economic recovery is gaining traction.

In both places, other policymaking entities, with much better tools at their disposal, appear either unwilling or unable to play their part. As such, action by central banks will repeatedly fail to gain sufficient traction.

With good reason. Europe is slipping back into recession just when recovery in the United States is finally getting some traction. That has undermined the case for fiscal consolidation, which is so heavily favored in Europe.

Since the former would also apply with respect to the other legal persons referred to in draft article 13, it was considered preferable not to depart from the term incorporated used in the Barcelona Traction case.

We hope that you, Mr. President, will continue in Ambassador Razali s spirit. The road ahead is curvy and bumpy, but we are confident that you will sustain good traction with the support of States like mine.

By contrast, new renewable technologies are gaining traction, illustrating a fundamental shift in international energy policy and investment strategies. Last year, China, Germany, Japan, and India generated more power from renewables than from nuclear for the first time.

The view was also expressed that basing the nationality of a corporation on the criterion of seat of its management , which was not derived from the Barcelona Traction case, could be acceptable if management were qualified as effective .

It requires support for growth, rewards for work, investment in opportunity, and, unavoidably, reforms to Social Security and Medicare. One hopes that, as the campaign progresses, honest and forward looking fiscal policy debates recognizing this fundamental truth gain traction.

I was pilloried for this proposal when I initially put it forward. I am therefore glad to see that a G 30 advisory group has now supported this principle, and that it is gaining increased traction in the US.

The world needs a thriving, cohesive EU to advance democratic principles, facilitate conflict resolution, protect the global commons, promote peace, and build trust across borders. The alternative already gaining traction is the resurgence of naked power politics and dangerous xenophobia.

Here, flat tax advocates administrative simplicity arguments have some traction. If a country is so small that it cannot develop a tax administration effective enough to manage a fair system of progressive taxation, then a flat tax may make sense.

I don t see any other, more pressing, reforms such as raising income taxes to pay for national security gaining any traction in the Bush regime. If I had to bet on a cause, I would put my money on sheer incompetence.

As Hannah Arendt pointed out six decades ago, the rise of anti Semitism fueled Europe s descent into totalitarianism. With right wing extremist and populist nbsp movements gaining traction in many countries, Europe s political system and the values that underpin it is at risk.

In a region where external involvement in policy making has been highly controversial and frequently rejected, the RCF has rightly emphasized the use of regional capacities, thereby raising the legitimacy of positions advocated, enabling the programmes to more readily gain traction and acceptance.

With regard to the exercise of diplomatic protection on behalf of shareholders, the Nordic countries welcomed the fact that the Commission had ensured overall consistency with the case law of the International Court of Justice, on the basis of the Barcelona Traction case.

Rousseff's main opponent, São Paulo Governor José Serra, has not gained traction with voters, owing to his inconsistent stances ranging from withering criticisms of Lula s foreign policy to outright support for his social policies. According to some polls, Serra is more than 20 points behind.

Such obligations derive, for example, in contemporary international law, from the outlawing of acts of aggression, and of genocide, as also from the principles and rules concerning the basic rights of the human person, including protection from slavery and racial discrimination. Barcelona Traction Case.

PARIS For some time now, a certain strategic vision has been gaining traction the United States is becoming energy independent, paving the way for its political retreat from the Middle East and justifying its strategic pivot toward Asia. This view seems intuitively correct, but is it?

Far right nationalist parties are gaining traction in Europe, while millions of undocumented migrants suffer in the shadows. In the United States, President Barack Obama, concerned about his party s ability to retain control of the Senate, has decided to put off immigration reform until after the election in November.

Massive liquidity injections carried out by the world s major central banks the Fed, the ECB, and the BOJ are neither achieving traction in their respective real economies, nor facilitating balance sheet repair and structural change. That leaves a huge sum of excess liquidity sloshing around in global asset markets.

Article 11 recognized the basic principle, affirmed by the International Court of Justice in the Barcelona Traction case, that the State of nationality of the shareholders in the corporation was not entitled to exercise diplomatic protection on their behalf in the case of injury solely to the corporation.

48. Indirect confirmation of the fact that some human rights violations are now universally, or nearly universally, recognized as international crimes can be found in the judgment by the International Court of Justice on the Barcelona Traction Case, in the analysis of the features of obligations erga omnes ...

With the exception of the United Kingdom, the extreme free market view gained less traction in Europe in recent decades than it did in the US nonetheless, the challenge of implementing financial reforms in the eurozone is actually more difficult. Governments regard domestic banks as important buyers of sovereign debt.

In Palestine, Israeli colonies continue to grow with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ignoring Washington s efforts to secure traction for the peace process. Europeans continue to look inward, obsessed with their own problems of declining competitiveness and how to pay for entitlements that they have come to regard as theirs by right.