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How can you criticise someone in such unflattering terms, and then suggest that he has what it takes to lead their party?
I don't like doing it, it bores me to tears, and the money, which is good, still isn't worth the time it takes.
An ex-con takes a job as a ballast driver and encounters a world of dangerous conditions, murderous rivalry and corruption.
Forrest takes on both teacher and class, unflappably telling them his side of the story.
Its orbit takes it almost a third of the way to the Moon, so that astronomers can enjoy long, uninterrupted views of celestial objects.
Once you get over the weirdness of the premise, it takes a hard heart to remain unmoved by this simple yet deeply emotional tale.
The aircraft belonged to Skydive Thailand, which takes passengers for skydiving.
He's a perimeter player, a slasher, and that takes time to get used to in the league.
Public health action takes place on a terrain of contested meanings and unequal power, where different knowledges struggle for control.
It takes a generous mix of humor, bravado, and unflagging optimism for Krauss to persist in the task he's given himself.
At work, she takes off her black and orange sneakers and slips into high heels and uniform, ready to cater to the hotel's top guests.
When a guard takes out a knife and slits the plastic of one, a light-green herb spurts out.
Cubans and others on the island can still hold dollars in unlimited quantities and can change them into pesos before the new policy takes effect.
To remove mold that takes root in grout and on walls and windowsills, mix equal parts water and borax in a spray bottle, suggests Dadd.
It takes only a few hours to apply the skin to the structures and to close the village off from the elements.
Ruth Barrett's Aerobic Praise class takes place at Toothill Church and promises to literally provide a workout for the body and soul.
Never one to be clearly understood, he takes his mumbling incoherence to new depths.
A slash-and-burn, profits-at-any-long-term-cost kind of guy, a darling of Wall Street, takes residence in the corner office.
For most of us, the development of concentration, of an undistracted quality of mind, takes time.
Expansion and roll out takes longer, however, and a continually evolving portal is an unending process.
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With leather, which takes on colouring as unevenly as human skin takes on a suntan, the odds are even worse.
Here he's created an audacious, risk-taking epic that unfashionably takes the chance that it might abandon some of its potential audience.
The hitherto unformulated idea of a profession of journalism takes shape in clauses which assume what was then becoming common form.
Drug tests don't reveal whether a student smoked one joint a month ago or takes bong hits between classes.
On slippery surfaces, the car takes over and automatically controls steering torque to prevent a spin-out.
Each rider takes a brief turn at the front, then falls back into the slipstream, where he will expend 30 percent less energy.
It takes 50 or 100 rounds before you really start to improve, but after 200 rounds it's easy to get sloppy and careless.
You know, all previous slowdowns, we were in true deficits, counting all the dollars the government takes in.
It takes more than a day for a vehicle to reach a particular shop to unload the goods and another day to come out of the yard.
There's also a playfulness that takes it out of the city into more unmapped terrain.
He takes an unconventional approach to stress, writing that it is not the killer people believe it to be.
The Maverick quiver takes care of all your gear when you are out in the field or in the mulga.
It's usually really cold, the ground underfoot gets muddy and the badly controlled crowd management means that it takes ages to leave.
Perhaps some are, but maybe the top level managers in many multinationals just haven't got what it takes.
He takes much of the credit for Lena's work, underpays her, and takes her for granted.
Something like Mouse Hunt gets boffo laughs with scenes where a cupboard takes three shots to fall on Lee Evans.
The provocative sportscaster-slash-pundit takes on five of the biggest controversies of the day.
The company claims this process takes just microseconds, making lag undetectable.
It takes power to generate enough heat to melt solder, especially when connecting or desoldering large components and when using solder wick.
Determined to avenge her, Marv pursues a violent, murderous course that takes him to the heart of the city's power structure, and seals his fate.
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She takes out a photograph, shot on the last day of filming, in the gently undulating Galloway hills.
What will cause problems to both borrowers and lenders is if the economy takes a dive and unemployment rises.
So does the company have what it takes to expand this market share, and can it afford it?
They act like radicals drunk with power, doing what ever it takes to destroy any opposing political force that dares to challenge it.
This recipe takes the nontraditional shortcut of having you braise the pork.
During copulation, the female transfers unfertilized eggs to the male's ventral surface, where fertilization takes place.
The desperados collide with the drillers and a hostage situation takes shape but guns and threats aren't the only danger facing our heroes.
In response the lord takes back his forgiveness and orders the unforgiving slave tortured.
And the legal system generally takes the view that the value of using speech as evidence justifies this indirect deterrent effect.
Identification takes place by noticing subtle differences between grammatical and ungrammatical utterances.
It takes a rare and graceful person to withstand the temptation to gloat over others.
She parties with friends, and she takes driving lessons with a slightly unhinged instructor.
A host of talented musicians and entertainers will perform at the show, which takes place in Central Park.
And then, to my surprise, he takes the extended hand, and shakes it firmly, like a politician, but without the greasiness.
She takes a deep pull and starts coughing really hard and laughing at the same time.
Preparation of children for grade school as well as higher education takes a place of great importance.
The company takes repeated shots at Unix operating systems but has little to show for the claims.
It's another single, one-line command from a bootable linux disk that takes seconds to complete.
As the flowers die the stems become woody and the blooms dry while the foliage dies back and the plant takes on its winter form.
This simply advances our state of anarchy, takes it to another level where the country becomes ungovernable and unlivable.
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Joy Episalla takes photographs of things that are inconsequential, unlovely and just plain boring.
He takes another slug of vodka, poured for him by one of the younger members of the company.
The Chinese navy is determined to fulfill its blue-water ambitions, even if it takes a generation or more.
After all, it's not every day a housing development takes place on a burial ground, albeit unconsecrated.
I'm sure it takes a monstrous ego to be a White House speechwriter, but do these guys really believe their own promotional blurbs?
It is demanding, highly skilled work that takes years of training and practice.
She had a skin graft last Sunday on that leg and doctors are waiting to see how that takes before they perform any more surgery.
It takes only three girls to skip rope or two to play house, while more boys are needed for team sports such as football.
The event, which takes place twice a year, involves clearing back undergrowth and picking up litter from the area.
This winding tale of cultural diffusion takes us back more than seventeen-hundred years to the Pallava dynasty.
She takes out a sixpenny piece and presses it into his warm little palm closing her fingers over the money, her fingers over his.
The problem is, if a sky marshal has a weapon and someone takes over the plane, there could be danger of overreaction.
The classic serial killer takes extended breaks between slayings, ranging from weeks to months.
If you take out all the over-travel, all it takes is a speck of dirt or unburned powder in the wrong place and the gun won't fire.
Generally, the red flags are buried in long paragraphs filled with legal boilerplate that takes a pot of strong coffee to read and understand.
He takes in her dark brown hair, badly cut, and over pale face accentuated by a shocking slash of vibrant red mouth.
Blogging isn't great fun if you're using a dial-up system where it takes longer to load a page than read it.
Given the amount of punishment the body takes these days, it is incredible if a player goes just one season without missing a game.
Here he takes centre stage with aplomb, playing a veteran grifter who takes an aspiring young Mexican con-artist under his wing.
One of the best aspects of grasscycling is that it takes less time and energy than bagging and dragging grass clippings to the curb.
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Since grasscycling takes approximately half the time of bagging clippings, you will save time even though you are mowing more frequently.
He is constantly insulted, made fun of, and goofed on and he takes it like a retarded puppy.
This government stroke means that it takes so much longer to dig a ditch, to construct a building, build a bridge or a piece of railroad.
Often a project takes on a life of its own and lumbers on, even though there are dim prospects for the resultant product.
The three-plus seconds it takes for a straight steal of home to unfold is by far the most adrenaline-filled spectacle on a baseball diamond.
But as an athlete, you can get in some habits, and sometimes it takes a sledgehammer to break them.
Their respect for you gradually diminishes during the passing time it takes you figuring out their name.
The action takes place in a single subway car, and the company worked hard to capture the gritty, anonymous feel of the underground.
However, if you've never read music before, it still takes a bit of getting used to.
It connects with engine electronics and beeps when the driver brakes hard, takes a corner fast or accelerates quickly.
Exploration budgets were cut to the bone during the quiet years, and it takes upwards of seven years to bring a known deposit to production.
It takes a while for the film, elegiacally shot in the depressed streets of Dublin and stuffed with local slang, to live up to this pitch.
It takes a B-movie, a horror film, or a pulpy comic-book film, to get that.
It isn't actually all that profound or groundbreaking as music videos go, but it just takes me to such happy places.
When you have got 10 poles of ground elder to deal with and it takes two bus journeys to get there, a hosepipe ban is the least of your worries.
She takes great joy in stripping off her clothes, diaper and all, in the middle of the living room.
Likewise all practical digital signals are analogue, since the system takes a finite time to slew between any two states.
He takes control of serving the food now, slicing the steaks into even, thin slices and arranging them on Olivia's plate.
Guitar Hero Live takes the approach of the modern music festival, with rock, folk, EDM, hip-hop, country and pop acts sharing the same stage.
Egeon's trial takes place at the front of the stage, with the old man standing among the groundlings defending himself from threatened execution.
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She takes off with a perma-tanned Portuguese slicker who involves her in embezzlement and fraud.
Those flares are designed in case it's a ground-to-air missile that it takes the missiles off their targets.
Every stone has to be dressed, which means that for every week of building with stone, it takes two days to prepare the stone.
And so, as K takes up the camera on my behalf, my face miraculously elongates itself.
Sometimes it takes a genius to express with eloquence what so many people have been struggling to express with their prose.
This smaller cycle takes a molecule called pyruvic acid and pulls energy out of it.
Rena's fingers lightly graze mine as she takes the flower back and sniffs it herself.
It takes place as a kind of massive purgation cleansing of the cosmos that allows the new creation to occur.
As my husband points out, teaching is a grueling, challenging job and takes an enormous amount of energy.
Scrapbooking takes the elements of design, photography, typography, and embellishment and puts it into the realm of personal expression.
They lie to friends, they steal, they have delinquent behaviour, they embezzle money, do whatever it takes in order to keep gambling.
It takes a great deal of mental effort to keep in mind the fact that whatever is happening is just plain fiction.
Armstrong takes his protest an intriguing step forward with this album by creating a rock opera informed by disaffection and disillusionment.
It will bloom readily if grown emerse, but takes a while to form a new set of emerse leaves.
It takes the Air Force Personnel Center four to six weeks to approve or disapprove applications.
It's universally accepted that all it takes sometimes to end an argument is an apology.
In fact, I think she takes it really hard that I don't only have eyes for her.
It's a slow process, rivaled only by the time it takes to evict someone from their apartment in New York.
The evening, which takes place tomorrow at 7.30 pm, will include a guided tour of the gallery, as well as refreshments and music.
The disciplines he learnt then, he says, are the ones he now imposes on the business empires he takes over.
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We then describe the current representation of deverbal nouns in HaGenLex, which takes these insights into account.
He said the company takes a very disciplined approach when contemplating entering a market where the culture is different.
What action an employer takes will depend on the terms of the employee's contract.
There is a traffic junction ahead, but it takes at least three rounds of signal change before one is given a green sign.
The American takes the first set, saving two break points before destroying his opponent with a monster cross-court forehand.
The procedure takes about 15 minutes and the patient experiences no pain or discomfort and is free to go home immediately after the treatment.
My mother's fridge takes the blue ribbon, however, because on hers she displays what might possibly be the largest photo of me ever made.
The latest Korean boy-group seems to be uncomplicatedly serious about their fame, and everyone takes them seriously.
Hughes takes hole punch to sheets of paper and then glues the left over discs back in place leaving a pattern.
Often, consciously or unconsciously on the part of the designer, the interface takes the form of a control panel or a kind of dashboard.
It is a deeply dishonest book that takes advantage of the ignorance, gullibility, and derangement of its target audience.
This is the time it takes for the moon gradually to cover the sun, and then to uncover it again later.
Pressing now on the hilts, he swallows the four blades at a gulp and then he takes them out leisurely, one by one.
Scotsoft 2002 takes place on Friday at the Sheraton Grand Hotel in Edinburgh.
Only the best gun dogs can track it down when on the run and in wooded areas it is only heard and never seen, when it takes to the wing.
After years of devotion to perfecting his art, it is no wonder Jiggy takes his career to heart.
At age 72, Pam sails her own boat and each year takes a wicked sailing trip to the Caribbean with friends.
Steve Rider takes to the helm of the Boat Race 2003 on Sunday 6 April as the Cambridge and Oxford Blue Crews clash for the 149th title.
Then its own ion engine will take it, gradually, into bigger and bigger orbits, until the gravitational pull of the Moon takes over.
We know when trouble finds him, Reacher will do whatever it takes. Dispassionately and without remorse.
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Then the fine tuning of the components takes place, such as guttering for rain and snow protection.
Osmosis and diffusion is called passive transport because it takes no energy to move from a high concentration to a low concentration.
Banding usually takes place during July-September, and both young, fledged birds and adults are banded by capturing birds in bait traps.
And how many staff will leave their jobs through sheer disillusionment before someone takes some action?
Ann Jones takes a selection of gun dogs including springer spaniels, german pointers and Labradors for a stroll during the fair.
Of course, multiple unit diesels with one engineer can do it, but it takes a lot of diesel horsepower to match the steam engine at speed.
The film's greatest strength is that it takes classic elements like perpetual rainfall and creepy subterranean settings and underplays them.
It's when the full band enters the picture that the performance takes on a dangerously under-rehearsed quality.
She takes on the putridity with all the imagination at her command to build something anew from the ruins.
The psycho family takes pampered kids fascinated by death and dismemberment and puts them through the wringer of the real thing.
If you don't know what it takes to take a good photo, a digital camera will not help you.
Although the basic ideas can be grasped relatively quickly, the full method takes longer to absorb.
It only takes a few seconds to fire up the app, and the digital watermark usually runs throughout the ad, giving users plenty of time to engage.
The vocal content is nothing too special, but it's certainly appropriate and in no real way takes away from the enjoyableness of the songs.
The eastern enlargement of the EU takes place against the background of growing transatlantic tensions.
There's been a significant disproportion for 30 years now between the level of risk the company takes on and the premiums they charge.
We must all understand what takes up a disproportionate amount of the available police resources we all call for.
We time how long it takes a driver to cover a quarter mile, their speed at the end of the run and their reaction time off the grid.
It just takes one incident like this to bring the whole force into disrepute, especially when police fine other drivers who do that.
This analysis usually takes more time because it involves more dissection of pages beyond the one you're trying to optimize.
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Rage suddenly takes control as the other emotions dissipated when he'd been pulled from his meal.
It takes into account the inherent entanglement of psychophysical systems and the fact that such systems have their own history.
Does the muse ever give up, other than when dissipation takes hold of the creative artist concerned?
Unusually, all the action takes place on one set which gives it a theatrical feel with characters constantly entering and exiting from the wings.
The dilute spray volume is based on the rule that it takes 0.7 to 1.0 gallon to treat 1,000 cubic feet of tree canopy to the point of runoff.
The induction of the Eucharistic Ministers by Bishop Fleming takes place on Sunday next, January 23rd in Knockmore Church at 11 am Mass.
It is difficult to be inspired to keep up with a pen and paper diary because it takes so long to finish each entry.
He gets over the duchess, takes up with another beauty after his wife dies, and becomes wealthier and more famous.
The action takes place almost entirely in his house, and on a ruined wall overlooking a lake.
They exude the sweet, slightly rotten smell of hypocrisy as everyone takes a position of high dudgeon and righteousness.
Students are invited to come and hear what it takes to become a successful young entrepreneur.
It takes time for Europeans, or any other nation for that matter, to internalize the truth.
The meal they served up takes the award as the worst meal I have ever been offered, cold, overcooked gristle.
For experienced players, muscle memory soon takes over from a conscious manipulation of these devices.
He stops caressing her arm and takes hold of her hand, entwining their fingers together.
Adam takes out from his duffle three wool blankets and raps himself in them.
The NCC takes a radically different approach to environmentalism than the enviro groups you're probably more familiar with.
The otherness of ego enwraps each of us like a prison, but the magus takes all of earth as his body.
They had takes in mid water from 2 or 3 large Pollock which had room to dive and these fish offered some good rod bending action.
As governor, I promise to work with you and do whatever it takes to move our state forward, and to confront the challenges that face us.
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Suzie takes the opportunity to ask him just what he is and in spite of his slippery, evasive answer, she does tell him to leave.
A dark wood bar takes pride of place along with antique cupboards concealing the dumb waiter that leads from the downstairs kitchen.
Like Republicans, those who conceive and give birth to these movies are willing to do whatever it takes to sell them to a country of dingbats.
Looking surprised, a little boy peers at the elderly woman, who takes the puzzled gaze as a question.
It takes me back, to be precise, to evensong at St Matthew's, West Kensington, and Hail Marys at my convent school, but that is another story.
The advertiser also takes us to be such dunces in whose heads he has to ram his message again and again.
He also takes over a number of themes from Hellenistic poetry, especially from Greek epigram.
An intravenous pyelogram is carried out in the x-ray department and takes about an hour.
My diving bell becomes less oppressive, and my mind takes flight like a butterfly.
I'll have you know my profession takes a lot more talent then yours ever did!
Bearded guys aside, we only have to shave our faces once a day or every other day and that pretty much takes care of it.
It takes a special kind of person to excel in a job where reminders of human frailty are an everyday occurrence.
They are in view all the time and everyone has really nice gardens and takes a lot of pride in them.
The advantage he gains is that he takes fewer strokes than his opponents during the course of a race.
Mystic Medusa tells all, and also takes a punt at some eminent personages, including the Pope and the Dalai Lama.
In the seven years I've been doing that journey, I'm thinking that takes my total to five.
The need for low water content just takes a lot of the desirableness away from them from my standpoint.
These ruminations are chased from my mind like dustballs when the band takes the stage to the deafening approval of their awaiting minions.
I expect that it will take twice as long to empty the wheelie bins as it takes to throw dustbin bags onto the dustcart.
The competition takes place on a level playing field, where every country has a chance to participate on equal terms.
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Most of this film takes place outdoors, the great equalizer, where it doesn't matter that you have nothing at all in the world.
But if one takes all of these complaints, it does seem to lift it into an examinable class.
All were released on police bail while forensic examination of substances found takes place.
Sometimes it takes weeks, months, to acquire not just accurate information, but documentation to back up your story.
The boat, of the kind that takes tourists for trips and parties, is moored next to the dockside by the Las Palmas Building.
A tropical year is the time it takes the sun to pass from one equinox, or tropic, to the same tropic or equinox again.
He walks over to the well, and draws up a bucket, then takes a sip from the dipper.
The ground-breaking documentary series takes viewers to Planet Earth millions of years into the future.
Horseplayers, a docuseries that takes place in the high-stakes world of professional horse race handicapping, will premiere this year.
He takes exception to what he considers to be the incestuous nature of many of the artist-run galleries.
Suddenly there is a remark that one of the party takes exception to, usually something stupid and inconsequential.
Tour buses, which Mr Poole takes exception to, are no bad thing if they are all well maintained and look dignified.
He seems to think he has some feudal right to assault anyone whose face he takes exception to.
A complete cure, when it is achieved, takes a year, the amount of time required for the infected nail to grow out completely.
He takes a liking to the jailer's young daughter Yram with whom he converses and from whom he learns about the culture of Erewhonians.
The ergonomic design takes the pressure off the parent and supports the baby in a seated position.
The computer-controlled laser, which is known as an excimer laser, takes only seconds to remove precisely the right amount of corneal tissue.
Suddenly it takes pity on me and works, directs me into my destination which is a place I would never have found even if I'd lived next to it.
The limestone takes millions of years to form and thousands more being eroded by water to give it the unusual worn appearance.
A minute mistake, an error of judgement, is all that it takes for a ghastly mishap to occur, resulting in death or worse, a life-long disability.
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Bored with the monotony of her life, she takes her motor-less moped on short excursions.
From there the album takes a short excursion into a more experimental direction that isn't quite as satisfying.
Instead, Byrne writes surprisingly tuneful songs, and even takes two excursions into opera.
During the theft he comes upon a chambermaid whom he takes hostage, then kills, as his escape attempt goes awry.
There is another story that takes a Dreaming track through to, I think, Alice Springs.
It is about an older woman that kind of takes advantage of a younger guy and, you know, ends up dissing him at the end of the relationship.
Shaving your dome only takes a few minutes and you don't need to do it every day.
South Korea, a US ally, prefers that all other diplomatic options be exhausted before the council takes up the issue.
The action takes place in a small fortified city, dominated by an exclusive apartment block for the rich.
Every single instrument fed through the sound desk takes its turn at being either domineeringly loud or practically inaudible.
That is when the state takes dominion over the highways, treating them as their own.
In summary, the CRA takes the position that the above payments do not relate to a supply, and therefore, GST is not exigible.
This develops a piece, adds to White's control over d5, gets a step closer to castling, and also takes aim at the Black King.
Not wanting to get his valenki wet, Ivan Denisovich takes them off, then sloshes the water onto the floor.
If you dope it afterward, surface tension takes the particles back to a spherical shape.
Soldiers and civilians in this vast theater have a firm appreciation for what it takes to have an expeditionary mind-set.
Disc golf is a healthy, low-cost activity that generally takes place in relaxing surroundings.
But although symptoms can lie dormant for 70 years, on average incurable mesothelioma takes between 10 and 30 years to develop.
The road also takes in a few rough dormitory towns and massive factory complexes.
This intellectual travelogue takes readers on a tour through ethology, the scientific discipline focusing on animal behavior.
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The organism has an exponential rate of evolution, and it is not long before the community is affected and the government takes over the case.
An all-stops service to Perth Central takes 23 minutes and a partial express 21 minutes.
There are so many that one of the gallery's express wishes behind mounting the exhibition takes on a secondary importance.
In putting the question this way, James takes issue with Hume's empiricist critique of identity.
Thoughts such as those though will be expunged from the memory of the runner when he takes to the grid for this afternoon's 500-mile race.
Whereas a 90-minute film recorded in the standard-play mode takes about 900 feet of tape, an extended-play tape takes about 200 feet.
Instead, her breakdown takes the exteriorized form of a visual disturbance.
As his case studies show, Damodaran takes full cognisance of that challenge, and also the other challenge, emanating from external trade sources.
Much fuller disclosure of information is required when the final assessment of costs takes place.
In my opinion any individual who takes another life should have no rights with the exception of extreme cases of cruelty suffered by the killer.
If all he takes seriously is the extreme threat of force, then the threat needs to be seen and be seen as immediate.
The table at first glance seems to give the impression that almost half of the youth population takes a disco biscuit once or twice a year.
Usually if a horror film takes itself too seriously it winds up being an eye-rolling embarrassment full of unintended laughs.
She loves the double takes when people spot the bright tattoo on her front tooth.
As with any specialty practice area, gaining competence in renal dietetics takes time and effort.
What with my page three story in a Scottish tabloid I was getting double takes all night.
Borne of slavery, Gullah spiritual music transcends time and takes the listener on a journey through history.
The Department takes its responsibility to review the bona fides of new shipper sales very seriously.
He takes off and from that point on adopts the moronic and douchey tactic of picking up trampy girls in bars using his old wedding ring.
The edge he plays with can lead to his downfall if he takes undisciplined penalties.
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The trail eventually takes a few short and steep upturns, but for the most part just flows downhill like water.
It takes pictures of the uplink signals and the downlink signals and then matches them.
It hardly takes a brilliant operatic dramaturge to see through this brainless travesty, loaded with irrelevant inventions and non sequiturs.
Ariel has draped some clothing on the tree and Trinculo takes a robe and puts it on.
Someone from your doctor's office takes photographs of your face from different angles.
His unconventional approach to fighting crime makes him a great cop, but takes a toll on his personal life.
After his wife suddenly drops dead while vacuuming, his life takes an unexpected turn.
The drop-in clinic has been extremely well received and takes place on Thursday afternoons.
It takes both perseverance and technical knowledge to avoid discouragement and get to the good eats.
The male takes no part in incubation, continuing drumming displays over the nesting territory.
He takes a live clip of a drum roll and chops it into a stiff, electro-funk cadence.
Cutting a complex piece of drywall takes a bit of precision and may best be done with a paper or cardboard template.
Now, visually I agree, that gunmetal is not a great look for a comic book movie but I don't think it takes away from the film.
This is one of the first steps the wizard takes towards differentiating between delusion and fact.
He takes little part in a class discussion but will discuss a point on a one to one basis.
In the meanwhile the fruit will become literally putrefied in the strong enzymes and extra time it takes to digest the protein.
After half an hour in a cubicle, I'm ready to climb the walls, but it takes days of working up on the scaffold before things grow tiresome.
He is not as much of a gunslinger as Brett, but he takes the same kind of chances and gets away with them.
The chirpy gurgles of my child takes away all the unhappiness at the end of a hard day's work.
All it takes is a telephone call, either to the council or local councillor, either way it will be removed.
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Where once it took three hours to get from one end of the island to the other, it now takes one.
The activation energy of the reaction is the amount of energy it takes for the reaction to get started.
Even though much of the film takes place in the sunny metropolis of Los Angeles, it is curiously underpopulated.
He takes no prisoners when it comes to his children's shortcomings, although there is little discussion of his own.
As Stephanie dishes the meal out onto plates and takes it over to the table, the familiar clunk of the front door closing fills the house.
On arrival we're met by a dhoni that takes us the last few hundred yards to our island.
Human nature dictates that if people are kept waiting too long, disillusionment takes over.
Since their personalities mesh with those of their victims, it takes spiritual discernment to detect them.
For those who want to be more spoon-fed, long takes of the two leads walking will probably seem purposeless.
Starting with footage shot by Thomas Edison, this magnificent compilation takes us from dances like the cakewalk to the jitterbug.
We all ranted about how DB takes advantage of my mom and seems disinclined to help himself.
In a condition of utter desolation and heartbreak Butterfly bids farewell to her son and takes her life in a dramatically charged climax.
One in every five believes in oneiromancy, and one in every four takes astrology seriously.
In fact, the time it takes to restore an entire disk drive from an image can be measured in minutes.
Byrd catches it, dashes toward the middle of the field and takes the pass into the end zone.
Sometimes riding the el at midnight takes one on a journey far deeper than merely underground.
When a chub takes the bait, it dislodges the lead which moves downstream, bouncing along the bottom.
But even when I'm not tired, I don't want to sit myself down to meditate, thinking that it takes too long.
Before that persistent low-spirit sensation totally takes over, here are a few ideas to put up a barricade against the dismalness.
Sometimes a specific implement like a narrow borer takes longer, requiring several blows to obtain the right flake.

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