Word: overboard
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...Laforet) for a year. Philipe seems to take pleasure in torturing Tom, telling Tom that he'll return to America and Tom will get his money, while clearly having no intention of doing so. On a disastrous yachting trip on which Tom gets sunstroke, Philipe throws Marg's manuscript overboard, and Marg demands to be put ashore, it becomes clear that the tension between Philipe and Tom will soon lead to a drastic measure on one of their parts. A marooning, a stabbing, a forgery, a feigned suicide, a seduction, a framing and what seems like "the perfect crime...
...sort of think that it would be a mistake to go overboard in thinking the mission of the University is to be an employment agency for the students," Shepsle says. "The students that come here are chiefly here to be educated. We have to make sure that we do that well...
Meanwhile, Deutch still faces opposition. Despite Perry's backing, the Pentagon's military brass is fighting a rear-guard action to limit Deutch's control over their spy operations. Veteran CIA hands and Congressmen, on the other hand, are worried that Deutch is going overboard, satisfying the Pentagon's hunger for battlefield secrets at the expense of collecting political and diplomatic intelligence that his principal customer, the President, might need...
...that struck me the most, however, is called "Mom Overboard!" and portrays a woman who left the fast track at work to stay home with her kids. Fed up with a child who called the sitter "Mama" and surprised by the "double-edged knife" of the maternal instinct, Sera stayed home with her children--and ended up micromanaging their every waking hour...
Biondi, determined to avoid a public row with his ex-boss, nonetheless dismisses Redstone's claim that he was tossed overboard primarily because of a stylistic shortcoming. "This aggressive/laid-back stuff is just a joke," he told Time. "We had differences in approach, but that was strength. Sumner just decided he wanted to be totally involved. He's having a lot of fun. He loves the publicity. He wants his day in the sun, and he's going...