Word: stuck
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...really fairly simple. We're using a CB radio with a little bit higher power. If you fast-forward to the way we communicate over cell phones or the Internet, or data-link technology, all those technologies are available, and we're not using them. We're stuck in the CB radio, Smokey Bear days...
...Felicity’s head reeled. She threw Frederick’s monocle to the ground and stumbled to her feet. Then she looked back to the monocle, which winked playfully up at her. “You mean”—the words stuck in her throat.“But didn’t you know, milady?” The Stable Boy asked. He was smiling openly now, and his eyes were wide. He had not broken rhythm as he sharpened the scythe. “Perhaps next time we could...
Resisting that temptation is a constant struggle. Edward's choice--and the willingness to choose a different way in general--is a major theme in Meyer's books. "I really think that's the underlying metaphor of my vampires," she says. "It doesn't matter where you're stuck in life or what you think you have to do; you can always choose something else. There's always a different path...
...looking in on him. What's going to happen if he falls again? We're responsible, you know. There's an apparatus in place for this kind of case, and we need to get him out of here before it starts costing the hospital. We can't get stuck with...
...long been eclipsed by New York City. And much of Hoare's own competition has been gobbled up by bigger banks. Amid it all, Hoare's bank has remained unshakable. With a bottle still hanging outside its central London premises, the U.K.'s last family-owned private bank has stuck to what C. Hoare & Co.'s current CEO Alexander Hoare calls its "tortoise-like approach. We go plod, plod, plod, doing what we've done for 11 generations...