Word: knocked
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...They live on the edge every day. That survival becomes the goal, as opposed to trying to do better. It takes almost nothing to knock them off, even if they start making some progress. For the most part they don't have anything to fall back on, so if a child gets sick, they don't have health care coverage. If they run into a financial problem, they don't have any cushion. The result is they're right back in the ditch. You can't live on $6, $7 or $8 an hour and have anything to fall back...
...students who are grappling with Shakespeare's enduring query. Eton College in Vancouver, Canada, bears the British school's name but there is little resemblance: it's a coeducational, post-secondary institution that doesn't take boarders. Eton, England, doesn't pay any mind. But when would-be Eton knock-off schools in China tried to pass themselves[an error occurred while processing this directive] off as affiliates, the original summoned its lawyers to send threatening letters to protect its name. That's not because Eton plans to develop its blue-chip brand abroad. But some of its rivals...
More than two years ago, after Howard Dean's presidential campaign crashed and burned in the Iowa primary, the conventional wisdom was that his enthusiastic Internet supporters may have been able to raise millions online, but didn't pack much political power. When Dean invited them to knock on doors and make phones calls in Iowa in the final days of the primary, their rabid enthusiasm seemed to turn off Iowans - he lost there, and in 25 straight primaries. And once Dean's campaign died, the liberal bloggers' role in the presidential election was much smaller...
...patient. She then gave him a backrub. And what did she use for the backrub? The cream on the bedside table - Nitropaste. The huge surface area of his back gave the patient a walloping dose. Even the surface area of the nurse's hands was enough to knock her out. Smiles went all around. Though the two weren't awake yet, we all knew that they were safe - a good thing about Nitropaste is you can "turn it off," rapidly stopping its effects by simply wiping it off the skin. Within 15 minutes of getting the stuff off, both patients...
...resident and French concentrator has been acting in and directing shows since his freshman spring—this year Burkle directed Eugene Ionesco’s existential face “Rhinoceros” and his own translation of French playwright Jules Romain’s “Knock.” But he didn’t consider applying to give a Class Day address until his roommate reminded him about the competition 40 minutes before the deadline. He cranked out 14 pages, submitted them—and was promptly misfiled. “I have a faux...