Word: blowingly
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...fight with Maggie Cheung in the forest. They'd blow leaves around, and it'd stir all the dust. The director would say, "Don't blink." Our eyes...
...smaller developing countries that depend heavily on textile manufacturing, the end of quotas could be a dire economic blow. In 2002, for example, quotas on some items, including gloves and negligees, were lifted by the U.S. By 2003, Chinese exports of those goods had leaped nearly 200% from their 2001 levels, while Sri Lanka's exports had dropped more than 50% and Bangladesh's had fallen 46%. If history repeats, millions of people could be thrown out of work in some of the world's poorest and most politically volatile countries--and in the richest nations as well...
...fall asleep. Yeah, right. Eventually I did. And then halfway through the night, a nurse came in and put a special mask on my face. It looks like a respirator, which is what it is. The CPAP (an acronym for continuous positive airway pressure) machine is designed to blow air at a steady pressure into your airways to keep you breathing regularly. Hooked up, I drifted off again. The nurse measured my sleep patterns remotely and varied the air pressure in the CPAP to maximize my sleep...
...with the Mafia, and sentenced him to nine years in prison. Dell'Utri was a key executive for Berlusconi's business empire and helped form the Prime Minister's Forza Italia party; he will appeal the verdict. Berlusconi wasn't implicated in the case, but the verdict is a blow...
...from anyone who was in the room with me while I was listening to it. And then there’s that one line that ensures you should never play this CD with your parents in the room, or while hooking up: “I want to blow you now/I want your candy cream...