Word: trimming
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...Even government officials are surprisingly engaging. Far from being nasty to journalists from the U.S., for example, Ministry of Information officials can be as cordial as if America and Iraq were allies rather than enemies. During a half-hour trim at a common barbershop, I received smiles and handshakes and nary a complaint about U.S. policies...
...career. But these days he's very much back in play. Earlier this year he starred in The Rookie, a hit baseball drama about an aging jock with one last chance to join the major leagues. It was quintessential Quaid: a chance to show off his body (kept as trim as a 20-year-old's with yoga, weight training and lucky genetic wiring) and a handsome face that's grown craggier but gentler after more than two decades in the movies...
...exceeded the cash they could give us," Wilson says. In return, Ford will get invaluable screen time for its vehicles. The carmaker will also spend millions in movie tie-in promos, which will allow the distributors of Die Another Day--MGM in the U.S., Fox overseas--to trim their ad budgets...
...minutes' walk from the chic shopping district in what was once Shanghai's French Concession, Dechang Road dead ends at an iron gate guarded by three men in military uniforms. Beyond stands a new, three-story brick house with tan stucco trim. Known to officials as the "Shanghai No. 1 Construction Project," the property is supposed to be the retirement home of Communist Party chief Jiang Zemin. During China's 16th Party Congress that concluded last week, Jiang, 76, became the first modern Chinese supremo to resign his position. He was expected to go off and peacefully build his library...
...When the truck stopped abruptly, the load shifted and one of the containers inside got caught by the metal trim on the base of the truck, so there was a small leak,” said Murphy, who led the team that responded to the chemical leak...