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A woman's right to abortion is not cast in stone with this new law.

The decision to invade was cast in stone long ago.

The act would seem to have something for everybody, although very few of its details are cast in stone on specific projects.

I am very glad to hear that these rules are not cast in stone and could be changed.

Still, he does not think the new subway timetable is cast in stone.

"The next value I speak of must be forever cast in stone.

The European Union's action plan is not cast in stone.

Their signatures are cast in stone while schools routinely let coaches out of contracts.

Mrs. Miller's views are no doubt now cast in stone.

Still, the most serious problem with these approaches is to cast in stone the very stereotypes sensitivity groups are expected to moderate.

Once the media cottoned on to 3million figure it was all but cast in stone.

It is obvious as well that the text of the chairs is not cast in stone.

Childhood memories, after all, are cast in stone.

"It is not something that is cast in stone," he said in June.

Nothing's going to be cast in stone.

"That was already cast in stone," he said.

So the physical size of N2 and He is not a quantity cast in stone.

As you all know, the budget is cast in stone and we, Parliament, have virtually no flexibility to shuffle things between chapters.

Zunctweed says the schedule was cast in stone years ago by government fiat.

Appropriately, the editor views the plays as a "living organism," not as works cast in stone.

Bill's antics - his schtick - are set, perhaps cast in stone, so there is little interpretative difference between one Bill and the next.

And on the personal level, we find that nothing is cast in stone forever, as real-life events affect the main characters right up to the end.

It is not a set of steps cast in stone that stoic detached scientists follow like a cake recipe.

"That's cast in stone at the moment.

But these predispositions aren't cast in stone.

And she listens to me as if what I'm saying is etched in stone.

"I think the key to it is there's no plan etched in stone," he said.

"It brought history alive for Kyle to see his name etched in stone."

The Bush administration had better make sure that this time, it gets the end of subsidies etched in stone.

"Nothing is etched in stone, but I do intend to stay here this year," he said.

"Only the two minority districts are etched in stone," he said.

Although Stirling said nothing was etched in stone, he already seems to have a general idea of his top lines.

"That's not etched in stone, but it would be the logical next step."

The company's name is etched in stone letters on one of the facades.

But Randolph says the starting lineup "is not something etched in stone."

I'm going to keep pushing and trying to improve, because I don't believe anything is etched in stone.

"We're trying to get into the playoffs and it's pretty much etched in stone the way I'm going to be played here.

There, the names of thousands of black Americans are etched in stone.

The key with the Yankees is that nothing is ever etched in stone.

The smile on his face was of sable etched in stone, bitter cold.

No release date has been etched in stone, but every day will bring it closer."

"It's not a form of music that came out canonized and etched in stone.

George said his position is etched in stone.

I think our back row selection is etched in stone for the 6N.

Earliest records indicates students from the class of 1918 and 1919, all four initials etched in stone.

Those numbers, however, were not etched in stone.

None of those decisions are etched in stone.

"With the exception of free agency," he said, "we don't consider anything etched in stone."

"By no means am I etched in stone."

Right now, our thoughts are leaning toward getting a coach with head-coaching experience, but that is certainly not etched in stone.