Word: pulling
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...Hockey Hair Don’t worry; we all know you’re an athlete. Your why-yes-I-did-just-pull-off-my-helmet hair leaves no room for doubt. You’re too busy for anything but pregaming and practice, and your style—and grades—show it. But while you might think you look like you just don’t care, we’ve all caught you checking yourself out in the Science Center mirrors. The Angry Feminist You’re smart and friendly—at least until...
...panic attack and nixed the whole flower idea. Then I went to sleep.” As Chen continues to talk, her design begins to materialize into a sexy black top and high-waisted A-line shirt. The revived flowers, decorating a wide lace train, pull it all together. Finally, by 11:45, Chen is done—with a mere but appropriate 15 minutes to spare...
...unions, the real key to their success is whether those stoppages can be replicated and sustained over time with greater numbers of public sector workers joining the walkouts - and convince public opinion to back their efforts. That kind of strong opposition, some pundits predict, could cause Sarkozy to effectively pull the "special regime" revision off the table in order to avoid the same kind of long, bitter, and economically disastrous conflict of 1995. But such a stand-down would also badly damage Sarkozy's tireless self-promotion as a fearless reformer bent on pushing through long-delayed change that predecessors...
...didn’t matter if you were a freshman or a senior.” A series of penalties in the third period resulted in each team enjoying well over a minute of 5-on-3 play, but neither was able to capitalize. Harvard managed to pull away in the game’s final minutes, picking up scores from sophomore forward Doug Rogers and senior forward Dave Watters to make it a 6-3 final. “We’ve got a lot to work on in all areas,” Taylor said...
...strength comes from adversity. But clichs are often just hard truths tamed by familiarity. Maybe he triumphed in spite of his ordeals, not because of them. There is no control group, he observes, that lets you measure what you missed. In raising his own daughter, he felt the pull to protect her, even as he wondered at the cost. "Maybe a few hard knocks ..." but his voice trails off. He didn't want to experiment...