Word: knell
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...came time to get serious about work, he even decided that he wasn't going to get a "real job," that he would stay close to the sea instead. That meant another go-around--you guessed it--making surfboards, and then, Sears groans as he says this, "the death knell came when I bought a commercial-fishing boat. My mentor said, 'It's time to put away the toys, son.' Of course I said, 'You're wrong. No. I can do it all.' My plan was I was to fish six months a year and surf six months a year...
...Craigslisters are pleased by the hookup. They fear the deal is a death knell for the site's independent ethos. "Say it isn't so, Craig!!!" pleaded one post to the site's message board. Others are worried that the deal will lead to censorship of Craigslist's explicit personal ads and will end with eBay's buying the whole shebang...
...Regional security experts say a peace accord between Murad and Arroyo would probably spell the death knell for J.I. "It's simple," says Zachary Abuza, a Southeast Asia terrorism expert. "Without their bases in the Philippines, Jemaah Islamiah cannot survive." Murad goes so far as to say Americans can come on an inspection tour of his camps. "We have nothing to hide," he says with a smile. If he really wants peace, Murad will have to ensure that by the time any peace accord is nearing completion, that claim is true...
...cultural community agrees is long overdue. The complex, which will occupy a 40-hectare swath of reclaimed harborside land in Kowloon, is in the final planning stages. The guidelines at present do not call for a symphonic concert hall, an omission De Waart condemns bitterly. "It is the death knell of an orchestra if it doesn't have its own home," he says. "Right now, we have a gigantic venue problem in Hong Kong?we must book soloists years in advance, but when they show up, we can't be sure of where they will perform." Indeed, a few days...
...shift “sounds the death knell for [the school’s] delicate experiment in bridging theory and practice,” Watkins says...