Word: flexing
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...protecting ethnic Russians. In some cases the tool is brute military force of the sort used in December 1992 when Russian-manned planes from Uzbekistan helped bring down a government of Tajikistan composed of Islamic and democratic groups, and installed pro- communist rulers. In other regions, Russia prefers to flex its muscles by yanking the economic rug out from under a government -- as it did last week when Moscow began cutting off gas supplies to Belarus, Moldova and Ukraine. Regardless of the medium, the message remains the same: Moscow holds -- and withholds -- the keys to survival in the near abroad...
...brave the competition in a quest to attain a desired object of prey is as old as humankind itself. But Primitive People had it easier. As civilization dawned there were no papers to write, no problem sets to do, tasks that make it difficult to set aside time to flex those ancient hunter-gatherer muscles...
...peck-on-the-check of death. Sort of a whisper in your ear," Lump observes wryly. "The whole idea that a B+ is a 'great grade'--that's so bogus... That's just laughable. An A is a 'great grade.' The B+, that's a way that [graders] can flex and seem kind of tough...
...science major are supposed to have nothing but contempt for these M.D. wannabes. They clutter our classes. They clutter our classes. The clutter our classes. They flex inanely in section. And worst of all, you can never trust a premed...
...simple philosophies contrast sharply with the intricacies of Restic's famed Multi-Flex...