Word: lifting
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Team members said that when the season ends, they will continue to lift and play in a number of tournaments in preparation for the spring competition...
...Burrell's authorized revelations moved an extra 1.4 million Mirrors last week. He didn't lift the veil much on Diana, but he savaged the Spencer family, whom he feels abused her and stoked his prosecution. He said her mother, Frances Shand Kydd, phoned Diana six months before her fatal accident with a "hate-filled, personal attack" for dating Muslims, prompting the Princess to cry on Burrell's shoulder. That was the last time the mother and daughter spoke. He called Diana's brother, Earl Spencer, a hypocrite for championing her against the Windsors in his famous eulogy at Westminster...
...into parliament, the AK will be the first party to rule alone in 15 years. Erdogan may be the people's choice, but he still can't be Prime Minister, unless his government overturns the laws that barred him from serving in the first place and courts agree to lift the ban. Speaking to Time before the vote, Erdogan hinted that if he won a majority his government would try this route, though doing so could upset critics who suspect him of a fundamentalist agenda. In the short term, party officials are expected this week to appoint a replacement leader...
...Still, the Japanese film dragged at just 90 minutes; the remake is nearly two hours, with a trawler of new red herrings introduced but little value added. And though Naomi Watts (Mulholland Drive) carries the film in the role originated by Nanako Ma-tsushima, she can't single-handedly lift it beyond a stale spook sonata...
...furnish Arabs and Muslims in the region with yet another reason to loathe the U.S. [IRAQ, Oct. 14]. This lingering catastrophe poisons public opinion in the Middle East and gives terrorists a rationale for their acts. The solution to the poverty and malnutrition of the Iraqi people is straightforward: lift most of the sanctions on Iraq and retain only the ones that keep military equipment out of Saddam's hands. MAT KORICA Toronto...