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...point where you need to be very conservative." In her family's case, that means a freeze on all new investments, and a search for ways to cut operating costs. In one of the Boyners' biggest stores in Istanbul, which stretches over six floors, the manager has even shut off the escalators to save money...
Mann, who holds a decisive majority of the playing time this season, is a force to be reckoned with. Leading the team with 50 saves and an impressive .833 save percentage, Mann has effectively shut down her opponents’ offenses...
...Billy isn’t hunched over, pushing around cartons of glass cups, or standing outside on a cigarette break, he drifts about the dining hall with eyes languorously half-shut...
...crazy. People are pushing and spilling their coffee and girls are crying.” For some students, the shuttle bus is a place to vent their pent-up frustration. Flood recalls, “One time there was some girl who just missed the shuttle, and the driver shut the doors on her. She was so mad that she literally ran after the shuttle the whole way in, screaming and banging on the windows and doors every time it stopped.” While most shuttle drivers have positive relationships with their frequent passengers, they are often the unintentional...
...military officials plainly want to keep their supply lines running through Pakistan, but are preparing alternate routes if Islamabad orders them shut down. "We're working our way through to understand rail, pipelines, customs, what it would take, are they there in a sufficient scale to allowus to do this?" Marine General James Cartwright, vice-chairman of the JointChiefs told the Senate Armed Services Committee on Sept. 23. Under the circumstances, say U.S. officials, it makes little sense to give up the option of cross-border operations - the Pakistanis have not yet demonstrated that they can fight this on their...