Word: exactions
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...addiction to the chemical, that my parents had. So I was able to consume quantities of alcohol without it affecting [me] - I didn't slur my speech, I didn't fall down. It's not until you get a little farther into the alcoholism that it begins really to exact a toll on you. It was a factor in the dissolution of my first marriage, and I was headed towards ruining the second marriage. That was really the impetus for me to quit. Carol [his second wife] is an extraordinary woman. She was worth making some changes...
Alex Costakis, managing director of the Hollywood Stock Exchange, said that some traders have made near-exact box-office predictions...
...They picked out the exact revenue for the last ‘Star Wars,’” Costakis said. “The Revenge of the Sith” grossed $108 million in its opening weekend, against an HSX prediction of $106 million...
Well roared. Meanwhile, Sarko faces a creeping collision with German Chancellor Angela Merkel, his exact antipode in Europe. He struts, she plods. He plays rock, she plays chess, crafting gentle persuasion into a net that spans Beijing and Brussels, Washington and Moscow - anchored in Berlin, of course...
...distribution of the data points showed the company that airlines favored efficiency over speed--the exact opposite of what Boeing was thinking. Two months later, Boeing ditched plans for a high-speed, high-cost jetliner to embark on a new program, the 7E7--E for efficiency--that has since changed global aviation and airframe manufacturing. Fast-forward five years to the prize: the 787 Dreamliner--a midrange cruiser that has already logged 47 clients for 684 jet orders, worth $114 billion in sales...