Word: take
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...their guns principally on U.S. and NATO troops across the border in Afghanistan and have assisted Afghan Taliban who have established bases on the Pakistani side of the border. But Shuja Nawaz, director of the Atlantic Council's South Asia Center, says the army is not strong enough to take on the Afghan Taliban based in Pakistan and their friends in the tribal regions. The army, he says, doesn't have "the numbers or the equipment to do that." (See pictures of a Pakistan police academy under fire...
...good defense paid off and when the puck popped out into open space, Buesser was there to take it in for an open-net goal with just 30 seconds left on the clock to finalize the 3-0 victory...
...were to decide in the present generation that it was fine for us to take advantage of all of the work and sacrifices [done] by previous generations...that would be the single most immoral act of any generation of human beings to act on this planet,” Gore said. “But that is the decision that we face...
...Norries Wilson said. “We are still unfortunately growing into that and haven’t learned enough from our mistakes of turning the football over and not tackling well and understanding that although it’s a team sport, as an individual you have to take care of your responsibility, because you’re responsible to the other ten guys on the field at the time and the remaining of the team that’s on the sideline...
Math Professor Noam Elkies, who teaches Kaplan, said he was proud of his pupil but could not take any credit for his success. “He didn’t need my help,” said Elkies. “We looked at some chemistry charts, but he had his own training regiment...