Word: blowingly
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...help of a fellow prisoner (Shaun Toub), Tony constructs a heavily armed metal suit, blasts his way out of the cave and resolves to change his nickname from Merchant of Death to semi-pacific Iron Man. "I have more to offer the world," he says, "than making things blow...
...Betancourt. But since Uribe - a key U.S. ally whose father was killed by the FARC in 1983 - sent his army across the Ecuadorian border last month to kill the group's No. 2 comandante, Raul Reyes, the rebels appear deaf to the appeals. Reyes' death "provided the fatal blow to a humanitarian exchange," wrote Ivan Marques, an FARC leader, in a March 22 communique. That posture may bode ill for the U.S. hostages as well...
...credited Simmons for taking the position that “any university worth its salt would, in fact, seek to find out what the truth of this is”—unlike Harvard, which, Campbell said, “decided to lay low and hoped it would blow over.” “Universities are not sausage factories,” Campbell said. “We profess to be particular kinds of institutions. We profess to be truth-seeking. We profess to be conservators of humanity’s past...
...Australia and Europe, which cut the global production of grain in 2005 and '06. The fourth is the growing global demand for food and feed grains brought on by swelling populations and incomes. In short, rising demand has hit a limited supply, with the poor taking the hardest blow...
...we’ve shown a lot of composure and great base speed.”On Lin’s call, Harvard started its final sprint early, taking the stroke rating up to 40 strokes per minute with over 600 meters remaining. For Princeton, it was the final blow in a momentum-changing race that left the Tigers hoping that the course would be too short for Harvard to overtake the Princeton eight. The Crimson charged through the final 500 meters, taking as many as six seats from Princeton and grabbing a four-seat advantage as both boats reached...