Word: walks
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...then there were those eyes ... they were a terrific asset but a terrific embarrassment too. He hadn't worked for them or chosen them, and the whole world seemed to have an opinion about them and to want to possess them, if only for a moment. Strangers would literally walk up to him and stare right into them, and when he took to wearing dark glasses, they would insist that he take them off. 'There's nothing that makes you feel more like a piece of meat,' he complained. 'It's like saying to a woman, "Open your blouse...
...time in the search business. It has only 8% of the U.S. market, and even that has been shrinking. The company would like to form a partnership with Yahoo! so that together they could challenge Google. If Microsoft gets a good response to Kumo, however, it may walk away from any relationship with Yahoo! - meaning the No. 2 search-engine company's shareholders will lose a chance to make money the way they did when their board rejected Microsoft's offer to buy Yahoo! more than a year...
...occasion, the student said, he arranged to meet Justin to buy marijuana. According to the terms of the arrangement, the student went to the Mather Courts and contacted the seller, who asked him to walk towards Boston before completing the transaction. Justin appeared accompanied by one other man to complete the sale, the student said...
...model is the village of Sauri, a short walk from Odiambo's shop, where seed and fertilizer supplied by Columbia University's Millennium Promise has allowed farmers to reclaim soils that were depleted or weed-infested, expanding cultivated land by 50% and quadrupling maize production. Growers who struggled to feed their families now enjoy surpluses. Within three years, most could afford to buy the inputs themselves...
...ready to go home. She has missed the 2:45 a.m. shuttle, and the next does not come until 3:15 a.m. From previous experience, she knows that the evening van service will tell her to wait for the next shuttle. When weighing her options, she cannot just walk home, but among her choices is an offer from a male who says she can wait for the shuttle in his room. The offer is probably innocent, and the woman probably gets on the next shuttle as planned. However, we have been made aware of many situations in which the events...