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• Respect for traditional gender roles and traditional notions of marriage can't be enforced; you can calcify the institution and draw the boundaries so that you're excluding gay people who might undermine them, but the straights inside are doing a very fine job of undermining all on their own. —  The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan
• The meeting is expected to be largely ceremonial, but the talks have gained urgency because of concern that another failure could calcify the island's partition. —  Kathimerini English Edition : Print Edition : 26/6/09
• The new "velvet" antler will continue to develop throughout the spring and early summer then stop growing and calcify into the hard antler the bull will keep during the fall and the winter. —  Chambersburg Public Opinion Most Viewed
• Now it seems that even industry itself is determined to calcify global trade. —  Anarchist news dot org - News for anarchists and their friends
• "The important thing here is that … the calcium carbonate becomes a little less stable and corals seem to calcify less." —  COSMOS magazine - The science of everything

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