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...doing this internship in the first place? Was I trying to get some practical experience in public service, which might someday be my life's work? Or was I only doing this for a potential employer? If the latter, I'm a complete heel; if the former, I'm due for some serious attitude adjustment...
...along with a constitution and new government, has given way to fear that the balloting -- already tainted by violence, intimidation and corruption -- could turn into a bloody shambles. Even if the voting succeeds, the new leaders will still have to find a way to bring the Khmer Rouge to heel...
...curator of paleontology at Montana State University's Museum of the Rockies and Crichton's model for the book's hero -- though Horner wryly notes that Alan Grant is "better funded." He advised on every creature feature, from head (they often lost teeth) to foot (when they walked, the heel, not the toe, hit the ground first.) "They have detail inside the T. rex's mouth that no one has ever seen. It's a guess -- a best guess. And a lot of adults will be surprised that dinosaurs don't drag their tails," Horner says. "But the kids will...
Hill trailed off. Pitching, last year's Achilles heel, has been this team's strength and was exceptionally strong yesterday...
...just before the buzzer. The clock ticked down. Bobby was in the sweet spot where he had practiced the jump shot a hundred or a thousand times. Then he was in the air as high as he could go, his right arm raised with the ball touching the heel of his hand and resting like a cloud on his fingertips. He flexed his wrist, and he felt the ball lift off into a medium orbit, and as soon as it began the 15-ft. trajectory, he knew it would...