Word: closing
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...have lots of doors, so we're really good about closing the doors so that there's like a limited area that he can get to. We're pretty much ... if he gets something, it's your fault. So we just ... I just make it a point to close my closets...
...said, "You've seen what he does to stuff. He's a puppy. He doesn't know the sentimental value of your things. And if you leave your stuff somewhere, it will be destroyed, and there's nothing I can do about it." [Laughter.] "So you can either close your door ..." and they close the doors, religiously...
...from many different backgrounds.A MISSIONShazrene S. Mohamed ’04, originally from Zimbabwe, says she joined Gumboots her freshman year as a means of meeting other African students. Mohamed says that before coming to America, she did not know anything outside Zimbabwe. Gumboots was an opportunity to feel close to her home culture.“It was the people there,” she says. “In a lot of ways I was like the miners looking for comfort and company and something familiar.”When the group started struggling, Mohamed says she helped...
...short flight from Abu Dhabi airport. Those who can afford Desert Islands' considerable comforts are treated to five-star splendor inspired by a mélange of exotic themes - part Bedouin, part African, with a hint of East Asia and 19th century colonial style. Safari game drives allow close encounters with a host of beautiful beasts (just don't expect Tsavo or Kruger), and multiple soft-adventure activities are also on offer, from fascinating wadi walks to mountain-biking, kayaking through mangrove lagoons and snorkeling with coral-reef denizens - you'll probably swim with turtles and if you're lucky...
...President's two sons, in turn, have come under fire for allegedly using their famous family name to close a lucrative land deal. Even the army has been shaken by accusations that soldiers killed as many as 1,600 civilians and dressed them up as guerrillas to run up the body count and earn cash bonuses. "Uribe already has too much power. He controls the legislature. He has growing influence on the judiciary," says Daniel Coronell, a columnist and TV journalist. "A third term for Uribe would be dangerous for Colombian democracy...