Word: stretch
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...massive crowds continue to demonstrate their support for the 59-year-old lawyer from Quetta. His journey last weekend from Islamabad to Lahore on the historic Grand Trunk Road, usually a four-hour drive, turned into 24-hour odyssey as tens of thousands of people clogged the 200-mile stretch of road to catch a glimpse of the man who has become the country's most popular figure. The mood of the crowds was virulently anti-government, as protesters demanded that Musharraf step down and shouted anti-army slogans - outbursts that in Lahore's state of Punjab, considered the heartland...
...Israeli government report on the 2006 Lebanon war excoriated him for his "very severe failures." His approval rating hovers around 3%. Now his Foreign Minister has called for him to resign. Yes, it has been a difficult stretch for Prime Minister Ehud Olmert of Israel. But Olmert has told his critics to "slow down" and called an emergency cabinet meeting, after which he said he would take the report's findings to heart but had no intention of resigning...
...unique needs, which is the sign of a good coach.”Saretsky does not only have a talent for individualizing his coaching talent, but he has also been putting his degree in exercise physiology form Columbia to good use.“I introduced a ropes stretching program that seems to reduce injuries,” Saretsky said.Along with the new stretch program, Saretsky also petitioned for his long-distance runners to be able to run on soft ground outside campus limits, which has also reduced the number of injuries the team has experienced.Maybe after a couple years...
...Murrow in “Good Night, and Good Luck”) and Rosamund Pike (“Pride & Prejudice”), who plays Gosling’s sexy new boss. Pike serves as the clichéd workplace lover, and it’s a bit of a stretch when she brings Gosling home for Thanksgiving dinner. The in-your-face cinematography of this intellectual suspense flick is sure to engage its audiences. Several intense close-ups allow Hopkins, Gosling, and the rest of the cast to showcase their facial talents. “Fracture” contains...
...He’s just a guy you can depend on, especially coming down the stretch. He’s a guy who just wants to be out there and he showed it today and threw a hell of a game...