The lumbering shuttle lazily side slipped from port to starboard and back in futile attempts to shake off pursuit. |
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Could the United States shake off its provincialism and develop a true civilization worthy of its European heritage? |
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He'd made his own cup with extra caffeine to help shake off such an early start to the day. |
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If we fail to shake off the vestiges of colonialism this is our own indaba, not the dead colonialists' as far as I am concerned. |
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Do not put in perennial weeds such as dock or ground elder and shake off as much soil as possible from the other weeds. |
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Anthony lost the first set 3-6, and defeat seemed certain as he looked desperate to shake off the jitters to trail 1-4 in the second set. |
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In 2002, the pair made a documentary entitled Ballet Boyz, and they haven't been able to shake off the tag since. |
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Even though they have yet to impose themselves on the group, it's hard to shake off the notion that the French have big performances in them. |
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But I could never shake off the loneliness that comes from being different from the majority. |
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He could never shake off his image as a somewhat effete elitist from America's prosperous northeast. |
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Last night I spent relaxing on the couch and trying to shake off my morose mood, and I think it worked. |
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Finally, I woke up at about 2 and dragged myself around the house until I could shake off the grogginess. |
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The world spun as he staggered to his feet, braced himself on a post, and tried his utmost to shake off his daze. |
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At the same time she can generally shake off any criticism levelled at her for occasionally speaking out loud or just plain sounding off. |
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Here comes too much peace and quiet, while we wait for our demons to shake off their hangovers and pay us a visit. |
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Moni-chan shrugged again, this time trying to shake off the sneaking chill of fear. |
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Ines tried to shake off the feelings surging inside her but failed completely. |
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Anglers can shake off the confinements of winter and enjoy the intoxicating sense of spring arriving. |
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Several officers and his co-pilot were dead and all looked lost until he managed to hide in a cloud long enough to shake off his pursuers. |
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Lightly brush the items with beaten egg white, cover completely with sugar, shake off excess, and let dry. |
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He grinned, trying to shake off his morning glumness, and swung his own gleaming blade around, flourishing it with expertise. |
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For a while, Dean was able to shake off the flubs, but he was peaking too soon. |
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If you'd rather look fresh as a daffodil, throw away your muffler, shake off the woolly hat and try these six simple, sexy looks. |
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Choose an uncarpeted room and protect the table with a cover that you can roll up and throw away or shake off outside and wash. |
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They occur frequently in children, are hard to shake off and are often recurrent. |
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Nevertheless, the continent struggles with an image problem which is not so easy to shake off. |
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Respect their history, respect their dignity, shake off the arrogance and haughtiness of the suzerain! |
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They are expecting us to shake off the political paralysis and to shed the philosophy of inaction. |
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We must instead place our selves and our present day existence where they rightfully belong, in the center of our universe, and shake off the dead weight of the past. |
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And she couldn't shake off that feeling, not even while lying on the examining couch in the abortion clinic. |
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The economy was still trying to shake off the effects of the 1990-1991 recession. |
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This is the main theme of this story, which is centred on a neighbourhood in South Africa that is trying to shake off its painful past. |
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Carefully shake off excess moisture and pack tightly in a strong box. |
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With them, the ex-protégée of Dominique A definitively managed to shake off any tags. |
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What was not clear last night was whether it would leave him a tarnished man, or enable him to shake off his image of being a dull, boring figure of fun. |
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Two weeks ago, we took the frog to the doctor's as she had been unable to shake off an infection and her production of slimy, yellow, globulous mucus had gone into overdrive. |
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Dredge in the flour, taking care to coat all sides and shake off any excess. |
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All were depressed by the loss of lifelong friends and had to shake off feelings of being let down by their own government in its handling of the Bay of Pigs invasion. |
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Oddly enough, missing the first shot seemed to shake off the jitters. |
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In him, we are immersed in immortality and will shake off death like a dog shakes off water. |
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One cannot shake off the impression that certain people in the health lobby would prefer to exile smokers altogether. |
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After soaping and rinsing, your cat will want to vigorously shake off the excess water. |
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Last year's second-placed rider achieved that target on the summit but was unable to shake off the Dutchman on the 15 km descent and was pipped in a sprint for the line. |
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They are joyful images in vibrant greens and yellows, but at the same time they evoke a pensiveness in viewers that some might find hard to shake off. |
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His team-mate Olof agrees Villa Park could be staging Uefa Cup football next season as long as they shake off their inconsistency in the run-in to the end of the season. |
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You shake off bits of fruit peel from your shoe and march off, victorious. |
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Africa should be assisted in good faith to develop its economies, shake off poverty and improve its standards of living. |
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Compton won ahead of Kupfernagel, who was able to shake off World Champion Vos in the last lap. |
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She tried in vain to break the restraints or shake off the helmet. |
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Fugain found this image difficult to shake off and it weighed on him and constantly held him back. |
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She managed to shake off the dust, probably aided by ultrasonics or some kind of electrostatic charge, and soon was none the worse for her experience. |
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Its 10 million people are unable to shake off the effects of the long struggle without outside assistance in this post-conflict phase. |
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And they've been trying to shake off their reputation for sneakiness, deviousness, and just plain disgustingness, hoping for a new image in the 21st century. |
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For Vasari, his was the first, albeit embryonic, attempt to shake off the supposed crudity of medieval style and begin the long march to a fully achieved Renaissance. |
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When you snarl, the world often snarls back, so I'm glad you want to shake off the grumpiness and find your best self again. |
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The first step, in 1853, was to appoint James Allport as General Manager and the next was to shake off the dependence on the LNWR to London. |
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When ye depart thence, shake off the dust under your feet for a testimony against them. |
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We should also shake off the unfounded fear of nuclear reactors. |
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There's the personal experience, the moments when nerves strained, when we felt a sense of disorientation and loneness we can't shake off even days after the storm. |
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They now appeared to have developed inurement, so they needed more time before they became drunk and more time to shake off their hangover: 28 minutes. |
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The village itself is beautiful to stroll through, and you can shake off the post-Christmas bleariness taking a hike down to the nearby Foremark Reservoir, around an hour's walk away. |
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His whole neck will shake off this white death-throe inflicted by space on the bird denying it, but not the horror of soil where the feathers are caught. |
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Darcis, the first-round vanquisher of Rafael Nadal, was also a casualty after failing to shake off a right injury complaint picked up in the win of his career against the French Open champion. |
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The teachings exhort us to shake off all that is burdening us, understand the deeper truths of who we are, and gives us the means to start imbibing this understanding in our actions. |
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Still battling to shake off its reputation as an economic slow starter, Italy has recently taken new steps to position itself as a welcoming home for foreign investment. |
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With a choice of petrol, diesel or hybrid, hatch or estate, this generation Auris deserves to finally shake off its image as a makeweight. |
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Mr Murakami is badgering local asset managers, who hold many of the remaining shares and have been sitting on the fence, to shake off their complacency and vote with their wallets. |
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As investors and managers, we have to shake off this miasma of defeatism. |
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That is why we keep fighting in the hope that the Conservative government will open its eyes some day, shake off its ideological blinkers, and take a pragmatic path that will really help create prosperity. |
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The wake-up call has already sounded, based on projects that enjoy wide support, and which are pragmatic and fit the needs of Europeans, who alone will enable Europe to shake off its current torpor. |
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Elsewhere, the reigning Spanish and European champions visit Stuttgart, while CSKA Moscow will need to shake off their midwinter rustiness when Sevilla come calling. |
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Schulz was able to shake off the hit to kick a goal, but Port Adelaide failed to inflict any major damage on the scoreboard despite winning the clearances, inside 50m count and hit-outs. |
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Schumann could never quite shake off Beethoven. |
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It also compels us to combat routine, to shake off the idea that the procedures followed hitherto are necessarily the best from the point of view of transparency. |
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While there's still plenty of talk about disappointing yields, it's nearly impossible for a market to completely shake off seasonal pressure as hedge-related selling picks up during harvest. |
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Second, let us suppose-purely hypothetically of course-that what the Serbs are doing today to the Kosovars, the Russians or the Chinese will do it tomorrow to one of their minorities eager to shake off their yoke. |
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Dip the brush in the powder and tap it to shake off loose powder. |
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Furthermore, Chile had sought to shake off the negative legacy of the military dictatorship, moving forward in its search for truth, justice and reparation. |
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Mr Happy, for example, could shake off his wholesome image and attract a teenage audience by rebranding as Mr Happy Slapper. |
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Red-faced Jennifer Sipple and Paul Murphy spent hours joined at the wrist trying to shake off the shackles. |
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She has also failed to shake off allegations of kidnap, assault and the murder of the 14-year-old ANC activist Stompie Moeketsi. |
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They are nearly caught by the Black Riders but shake off their pursuers by cutting through the Old Forest. |
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Friday Sugar Cube, Glasgow Arguably the hottest club in Glasgow city centre, shake off your week day shackles and pull some shapes alongside the trendy, beautiful people. |
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While this allows his challenge greater potency, the principle Naranappa stands for never quite manages to shake off the air of gruesome moribundity. |
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The miners' families kept vigil overnight, singing songs around a bonfire and doing early morning callisthenics to shake off anxiety and shivers in the bitter desert cold. |
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Woven into this story is the political awakening of the former Federal Republic of Germany, which is just beginning to shake off the fustiness of the immediate post-war years. |
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