Word: rip
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TISSUE REPAIR: Failing joints can cause surrounding muscle, ligaments and tendons to tear or rip away from bones, requiring surgery to reattach or repair them...
Grubman was a math whiz in high school and was a member of the debate team, marching band and National Honor Society. He listened to heavy metal and at parties would rip phone books in half to impress the girls. Proud of his father's brief boxing career, he would often cock his arm and make ready to land a punch on your jaw, says a former classmate, Jacob Zamansky. Grubman's first job was in strategic planning at AT&T. He later became an analyst at PaineWebber but made his name at Salomon pounding the table for WorldCom...
...used to be afraid to go to meetings because he would just rip me—he was on my back more than anyone I’ve seen here,” Soriano says. “But now, in retrospect, he’s on me like that because he knows I can be a good player. It’s not a personal issue, and he makes that clear...
...Magera, known for traumatizing his father on the show, breaking into the bathroom while his father is on the toilet and beating him up. Today's segment stems from the following idea: Wouldn't it be funny to walk into a sporting-goods store with a buddy, rip open some boxing gloves and have a go at it in the aisle? If you're of a certain gender and age, the answer is a resounding...
Will our current obsession with shared open spaces and lush private ones look silly years from now? Will future owners rip out these projects, shaking their heads at our excess ("A second oven! What were these people thinking?")? Bet on it. Economic and demographic changes inevitably shape the way we live and the homes we live in. The rapidly increasing number of people age 60 and older, for instance, is already dictating changes in bathroom design and raising other livability issues...