Word: armfuls
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...China's stepped-up oil diplomacy and its increasingly competitive stance in world oil markets are already creating friction with countries such as India, which like China has a bustling economy and a growing oil habit to satisfy. Earlier this year, ONGC Videsh, the overseas investment arm of India's largest oil-and-gas producer, was on the verge of completing a deal that would have given it an 11% stake in a proven oil field in Sudan. While the company waited for the necessary approval from India's Cabinet, CNPC swooped in with an offer that was reportedly...
...Suo’s Japanese film this is understandably mortifying because, as a voiceover tells us at the outset, “In a country where married couples don’t go out arm in arm…the idea that a husband and wife should embrace and dance in front of others is beyond embarrassing...
That’s why the team chatters more than they would at a regular practice. That’s why everyone overthrows everything trying to show arm strength. That’s why everyone—even if you’re a little hurt—takes the mound...
...course, there’s no question that Boston can fight. Alex Rodriguez’s reaction to a slight nick in the arm from a Bronson Arroyo pitch this July—those Yankees sure are sensitive—started quite a brawl, and though Yankee Tanyon Sturtze tried to grab Gabe Kapler’s head, it was ultimately Sturtze who ended up bruised and battered on the ground. Maybe the Yankees just like to get pounded; who can forget former Yankees bench coach and generally unhinged malcontent Don Zimmer getting thrown to the ground after he charged...
Despite being held to just three catches for 48 yards, Edwards was able to make play after play with his legs, head, and even his arm. The senior from Los Gatos, Calif., was put in to return kickoffs against the Big Red opposite of junior Corey Waller because of the continued absence of the other regular kick returner—senior cornerback Gary Sonkur—who missed his second game in a row with a shoulder sprain...