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...admit that we held some high expectations for you seniors going in. You were supposed to resist traditional consulting to go into non-profit consulting. You were supposed to wrest the seat of power from old white men and give it to young white men. I was also expecting more of you to get fluent in Spanish. I guess I shouldn’t be mad, just disappointed...
...last episode, has a shoot-out with a corrupt policeman and is left in a pool of blood. In a reunion movie three years later, Blake is released from prison for the cop's murder, learns that Krystle has come out of her coma and struggles to wrest Denver-Carrington from the oily cartel that has taken it over...
...recent years, neither team has been able to wrest the Beanpot crown from Boston University or Boston College, who have split the honors since the 1992-93 season, when the Crimson defeated Boston University, 4-2. The Huskies’ drought goes back even farther to the 1987-88 season...
...Chinese companies - that stand to benefit the most from unfettered access to China's one billion customers. Sixty percent of the world's supply of ornamental fish comes from Southeast Asia, whose warmer waters and diverse aquatic eco-system has given it a competitive advantage that China cannot easily wrest away. A fully grown dragonfish, which Yap says aspiring Chinese businessmen gravitate to, can fetch up to $20,000 - each. Producing the fish isn't easy; eggs are often held inside a male dragonfish's mouth until they hatch. When they're sold, Yap implants a microchip in its belly...
...most esteemed experts on Latin America, was "disappointed" by the Honduran Congress' decision not to let Zelaya finish out his term. "The status quo," he said, "remains unacceptable." But it's a status quo Obama let the Cold Warriors keep intact - and it's now up to Valenzuela to wrest Latin America policy back from them...