Word: pulling
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...would become this finding my soul mate, the love-of-my-life sort of deal. It does make you feel reticent about talking about it at the beginning because you're not sure if it's real, if it's going to stick. I didn't want to pull an Anne Heche, sheepishly heading back to the car dealership...
...course we need to know that doctors are healthy and competent. But the system is redundant and takes up way too much of our time - and many doctors believe it's largely for the benefit of the regulators themselves. A unified federal credentialing agency could pull those weeds right out and leave the country with 5% to 10% more doctoring at almost no cost...
...campaign had to offer.There were the all too familiar pitching and defensive breakdowns that prevented Harvard from positioning itself among the Ivy League’s elite and contending for the Rolfe Division title this season.But there were also the offensive outbursts and late-inning rallies that pulled the Crimson out of the Rolfe basement and marked it as a team that could never be counted out of a game, no matter how daunting of a deficit it faced.Yesterday, Harvard’s redeeming qualities were just enough to compensate for its most noticeable flaws and the Crimson...
...definite mark of crazy,” one actor said. He played a character named Nick, an English major with serious game. The audience roared with laughter, but he wasn’t finished yet. “You need to learn when to pull out...of a relationship,” Nick quipped. Where could you have listened to the advice of such a sagely wisecracking (fictional) bro? Too bad, you missed out unless you attended Harvard’s inaugural Playwrights Festival, which was held April 23 through April 26 at the New College Theatre. The festival...
...even as Iran appears to be showing more confidence in the sincerity of Obama's olive branch, other doubts may be guiding Iran's response. One of them, Parsi says, is concern about whether Obama will be able to muster the political strength to pull off a rapprochement with Iran's leaders. "They are increasingly convinced that Obama is serious and that he is pursuing something that is more strategic than tactical," Parsi says. "But the question remains: Can he deliver on this?" Seen in this context, the jailing of Iranian-American journalist Roxana Saberi on spy charges last week...