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...Gonzales may also be suffering from what the aide calls "Rummy rub-off." Senators who stood up loud and clear to defend Rumsfeld before the '06 election, only to have Bush fire him immediately afterwards, have learned their lesson. Few want to take the political hit defending someone they don't like, only to see him step down in a few days or weeks...
...next week, don’t be aloof, but don’t seem needy. Find that person or call the person that you used to sit next to in expos last semester—the one that you used to casually rub up against every so often and who would rub back. Call them up and say, ‘what are you doing on Valentine’s Day?” Or how about just this, ‘what are you doing this weekend...
...blasts. The window and door of my unheated cell rattled with each gust. I had on both my sweaters and a padded jacket, but still spasms of shivering shook my body. In the icy room, my breath made white, cloudy puffs, and I had to stamp my feet and rub my hands to bring blood to my toes and fingers. Something mysterious was happening outside. As winter turned to spring, I learned that Shanghai was in a constant state of upheaval. One day the newspaper ran a statement attributed to Defense Minister Lin Biao: ''Let us not exaggerate the seriousness...
...four shots.Cusworth also had a chance to win the game at the end of regulation, but his well-guarded, fallaway jumper from just inside the arc at the top of the key bounced off the back rim as the buzzer sounded.The big man’s success did not rub off on the starting backcourt of Housman and Goffredo. Housman was Harvard’s second-leading scorer with 14 points, but made only 3-of-15 field goal attempts and missed all three of his three-pointers, including two in overtime.After scoring a career-high 33 points and making...
Matthew is now a junior in high school and is really coming into his own. He has found a genuine passion for nature, as he often takes long walks in the woods collecting mushrooms. I suppose my widely envied talents in cooking have started to rub off on him, for he has also developed a keen interest in herbs. He has even turned his room into a virtual greenhouse, growing his own plants. In the Hearthstone tradition of putting others first, Matthew has been trading his mushrooms and herbs with his friends, sharing his love for nature. He also...