Word: tiring
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...garden they helped plant. The 172 Rive Gauche boutiques they opened worldwide were the first to make French style available to the reasonably wealthy as well as the obscenely rich, and Saint Laurent lent his name to sunglasses, sheets, cigarettes--almost anything (although he did decline the YSL car tire). Reclusive in recent years, he was not always averse to publicity, posing naked for a perfume...
...drove into the desert. Seven of Mirwali's soldiers lead the way, packed into a silver 4x4; five in the cabin, two in the back with a dozen rocket propelled grenades and two PK light machine guns. There is no trail across the vast, rocky plains, just tire tracks splicing in and out of a weave heading north. For almost three hours and 40 miles we followed the mujahedin through choking dust. Rows of mountain ridges rose on the horizon like broken witches' teeth. From time to time we came to tiny settlements; the houses sealed behind mud brick walls...
...They kept us in the neutral zone well,” Hagerman said. “I think they wanted to tire us out because they kept on dumping the puck and forcing us to make mistakes...
Four on the ground and 109 on board die when the New York-bound jet crashes outside Paris minutes after takeoff. Investigators find that a piece of metal on the runway punctured a tire--sending debris flying into the fuel tank and sparking a fire...
...Everything starts from the defensive zone,” Hagerman said. “So if we get frustrated and we can’t get the puck out of the defensive zone, that’s going to tire us out and that’s going to use up the energy and the legs that we need in order to generate offense...