Word: curbing
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...what to make of his boss’s impulsive streak. In unison, we agree. We’re whisked out and down the steps with the Jackson entourage. As we’re guided to a slick new silver Benz left idling by the church’s curb, we discover that Jesse shares our optimistic view of traffic police generosity...
...Europeans, and even the U.S. had been encouraged by the reformists efforts to seek dialogue with the West and curb terrorism - Tehran condemned the September 11 attacks, offered facilities for U.S. search-and-rescue missions in western Afghanistan, and cooperated in efforts to forge the new interim government in Kabul. But the Bush administration is concerned that more hard-line elements may be continuing to support groups on Washington list of terrorist organizations, and even possibly have allowed members of al Qaeda to transit through Iran while fleeing Afghanistan. And about the danger of Iran acquiring long-range missiles...
Walking won't cure everything that ails you, of course, and nothing happens overnight. "People who have never exercised regularly should not think that in a week they'll solve their problems by walking," says Dr. David Curb of the University of Hawaii. But they can expect a regular walking program to serve them well into...
...Ward said yesterday that standing on the 4-inch curb, the top of the rail would have only reached the 6’3” Wiley’s mid-thigh, making it possible for the winds generated by passing 18-wheelers to have blown...
...then there's the challenge of creating a second successful character while the public is still holding on to the last one, not to mention seeing her or him nightly on syndicated reruns. Louis-Dreyfus and Alexander made fun of exactly that situation on recent episodes of Curb Your Enthusiasm, the HBO sitcom made by and starring Seinfeld co-creator Larry David. In one scene, Louis-Dreyfus and David, playing themselves, pitch a show called I'm Not Evelyn, about an actress who can't get work because she's pigeonholed as the character she used to play. Louis-Dreyfus...