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suitcase - I recommend what a trainer once referred to as ?suitcases? where you lie flat on your back, lifting your feet slightly off the ground, arms overhead slightly from touching the ground (this should tense up your abs) and bringing your knees and elbows together and crunching in one fluid motion (like closing yourself up in a suitcase, i guess). When you extend back out, don?t touch the ground, keeping the tension on your abs.. ...
Feed Source: feedproxy.google.comprice walk - What?s the difference between the black Volkswagen CC I drove on the launch event in Tennessee and the black Volkswagen CC that I just recently drove for week here at home? Not a heck of a lot, really, unless you?re looking at the sticker price. It?s often hard to justify the extra cost of the top spec model (the ?price walk,? in the parlance of automotive marketers), but with the CC, it?s just about impossible. There are two reasons: First, the price walk is more like a wind sprint, and second, the base model is actually quite nice.. ...
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Obama - America?s 2008 presidential election loomed large over Ghana?s poll. Supporters of the two main parties talked of their dreams for an ?Obama??here meaning a first-round win?and analysts hoped that the loser would follow Sen. John McCain?s example by conceding quickly and graciously. This Mr. Akufo-Addo did.. ...
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rebluing - The police force has since undergone reform in a process called ?Re-Bluing??a term derived from the process of refurbishing a gun barrel and also from the color of the force?s new digitalized-patterned blue uniforms.. ...
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white goods - The partnership collects used aluminum softdrink cans, cardboard, plastic, electrical wires, abandoned cars, other metals, and even ?white goods??a term used to describe major household appliances and can also include computer monitors and casings.. ...
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ski cutting - On Monday, the injured man and a partner were doing what is called ?ski cutting,? which is a daily procedure at the resort. Cutting first involves the ski patrol testing the slope to check avalanche vulnerability and later releasing small, controlled avalanches before snow accumulation makes the slope unsafe for skiing.. ...
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power wall - Along with the covering, the new rules prohibit tobacco advertising in stores that usually comes in the form of large racks or displays of tobacco products and signs, which are sometimes referred to as power walls.. ...
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nightlight - The FCC wasted no time releasing its proposed guidelines for a new analog-DTV nightlight bill, but suggested that, at least initially, stations in only about two-thirds of U.S. markets will be able to keep their analog nightlights burning.. ...
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buttonhook - Most of these exits of similar design I have seen come to a stop sign, usually with a turning lane to left, and a stop sign for all at a ?T? junction. In anything less than ideal road conditions, it would be extremely easy for any motorist to blow that turn. Having the lanes split off giving traffic heading back west to Bartlett a merge lane is great, but motorists be warned, that ?buttonhook? as they call it, is just that, and then some.. ...
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sugar hat - The key is to find a sugar cone (also known as a ?sugar hat?) which is a solid piece of white sugar that you can flame.. ...
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Z2K9 - Apparently Zune 30s across the globe have suffered a simultaneous crash, coining the term ?Z2K9,? even if 2009 hasn?t officially rolled around yet. Purportedly, starting at approximately midnight last night, Zunes with the latest firmware froze when they were turned on, just as their loading bars filled.. ...
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third-hand smoke - Parents who smoke often open a window or turn on a fan to clear the air for their children, but experts now have identified a related threat to children?s health that isn?t as easy to get rid of: third-hand smoke. That?s the term being used to describe the invisible yet toxic brew of gases and particles clinging to smokers? hair and clothing, not to mention cushions and carpeting, that lingers long after second-hand smoke has cleared from a room.. ...
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charity stripe - Free throw: It?s the greatest misnomer in sports. It?s neither free, nor a throw. It should be called an ?earned, uncontested shot,? but that doesn?t quite roll off the tongue like free throw. It?s only a 15-foot shot, worth just one point, yet somehow seems to factor into the outcome of more games than not. It?s shot from an area often called the charity stripe, although there is nothing charitable about it.. ...
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alligator arms - Some of the best players in the NBA have developed ?alligator arms?? sports parlance for not extending the arms?under the pressure of big free throws.. ...
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dashboard - Snyder is a 26-year-old from Raymore, Mo., with a black hat, a dignified air and a nose reconstructed a few years ago by a surgeon who used Snyder?s driver?s license as a guide. That procedure followed a head-to-head run-in with a bull?a brutally common collision known among riders as being jerked down or, more graphically, dashboarded.. ...
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buckle bunny - Other riders arrived, mostly oblivious to the halo of interest they received, particularly from women. Rodeo groupies are called buckle bunnies for the saucer-size silver buckles that cowboys earn for winning rodeo events.. ...
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knocking on the roof - The IDF has made frequent use of what is known as ?knocking on the roof?: Militants are warned by phone when a residential building used to store arms will be bombed, and told to vacate the premised together with their neighbors. The weapons caches are hit only after the residents leave.. ...
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actigraphy - They also filled out sleep questionnaires, kept a log of their hours in bed and participated in six nights of sleep studies with a technique called wrist actigraphy that uses a motion sensor?worn like a watch?to estimate actual sleep duration.. ...
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bang-bang - One reason that this particular conflict attracts so much unqualified attention is because it is incredibly easy to cover while at the same time providing the necessary drama and ?bang-bang? (newsroom slang for combat footage) that for reasons left better explained by a sociologist, seem to increase viewer ratings and heighten overall interest.. ...
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zero haircut - Zerbin said she sees a lot of women seeking a change in their haircut who have what hair dressers refer to as a zero haircut, meaning the length is the same all around.. ...
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suitcase - I recommend what a trainer once referred to as ?suitcases? where you lie flat on your back, lifting your feet slightly off the ground, arms overhead slightly from touching the ground (this should tense up your abs) and bringing your knees and elbows together and crunching in one fluid motion (like closing yourself up in a suitcase, i guess). When you extend back out, don?t touch the ground, keeping the tension on your abs.. ...
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price walk - What?s the difference between the black Volkswagen CC I drove on the launch event in Tennessee and the black Volkswagen CC that I just recently drove for week here at home? Not a heck of a lot, really, unless you?re looking at the sticker price. It?s often hard to justify the extra cost of the top spec model (the ?price walk,? in the parlance of automotive marketers), but with the CC, it?s just about impossible. There are two reasons: First, the price walk is more like a wind sprint, and second, the base model is actually quite nice.. ...
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Obama - America?s 2008 presidential election loomed large over Ghana?s poll. Supporters of the two main parties talked of their dreams for an ?Obama??here meaning a first-round win?and analysts hoped that the loser would follow Sen. John McCain?s example by conceding quickly and graciously. This Mr. Akufo-Addo did.. ...
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rebluing - The police force has since undergone reform in a process called ?Re-Bluing??a term derived from the process of refurbishing a gun barrel and also from the color of the force?s new digitalized-patterned blue uniforms.. ...
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white goods - The partnership collects used aluminum softdrink cans, cardboard, plastic, electrical wires, abandoned cars, other metals, and even ?white goods??a term used to describe major household appliances and can also include computer monitors and casings.. ...
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ski cutting - On Monday, the injured man and a partner were doing what is called ?ski cutting,? which is a daily procedure at the resort. Cutting first involves the ski patrol testing the slope to check avalanche vulnerability and later releasing small, controlled avalanches before snow accumulation makes the slope unsafe for skiing.. ...
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power wall - Along with the covering, the new rules prohibit tobacco advertising in stores that usually comes in the form of large racks or displays of tobacco products and signs, which are sometimes referred to as power walls.. ...
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nightlight - The FCC wasted no time releasing its proposed guidelines for a new analog-DTV nightlight bill, but suggested that, at least initially, stations in only about two-thirds of U.S. markets will be able to keep their analog nightlights burning.. ...
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buttonhook - Most of these exits of similar design I have seen come to a stop sign, usually with a turning lane to left, and a stop sign for all at a ?T? junction. In anything less than ideal road conditions, it would be extremely easy for any motorist to blow that turn. Having the lanes split off giving traffic heading back west to Bartlett a merge lane is great, but motorists be warned, that ?buttonhook? as they call it, is just that, and then some.. ...
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sugar hat - The key is to find a sugar cone (also known as a ?sugar hat?) which is a solid piece of white sugar that you can flame.. ...
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Z2K9 - Apparently Zune 30s across the globe have suffered a simultaneous crash, coining the term ?Z2K9,? even if 2009 hasn?t officially rolled around yet. Purportedly, starting at approximately midnight last night, Zunes with the latest firmware froze when they were turned on, just as their loading bars filled.. ...
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third-hand smoke - Parents who smoke often open a window or turn on a fan to clear the air for their children, but experts now have identified a related threat to children?s health that isn?t as easy to get rid of: third-hand smoke. That?s the term being used to describe the invisible yet toxic brew of gases and particles clinging to smokers? hair and clothing, not to mention cushions and carpeting, that lingers long after second-hand smoke has cleared from a room.. ...
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charity stripe - Free throw: It?s the greatest misnomer in sports. It?s neither free, nor a throw. It should be called an ?earned, uncontested shot,? but that doesn?t quite roll off the tongue like free throw. It?s only a 15-foot shot, worth just one point, yet somehow seems to factor into the outcome of more games than not. It?s shot from an area often called the charity stripe, although there is nothing charitable about it.. ...
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alligator arms - Some of the best players in the NBA have developed ?alligator arms?? sports parlance for not extending the arms?under the pressure of big free throws.. ...
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dashboard - Snyder is a 26-year-old from Raymore, Mo., with a black hat, a dignified air and a nose reconstructed a few years ago by a surgeon who used Snyder?s driver?s license as a guide. That procedure followed a head-to-head run-in with a bull?a brutally common collision known among riders as being jerked down or, more graphically, dashboarded.. ...
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buckle bunny - Other riders arrived, mostly oblivious to the halo of interest they received, particularly from women. Rodeo groupies are called buckle bunnies for the saucer-size silver buckles that cowboys earn for winning rodeo events.. ...
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knocking on the roof - The IDF has made frequent use of what is known as ?knocking on the roof?: Militants are warned by phone when a residential building used to store arms will be bombed, and told to vacate the premised together with their neighbors. The weapons caches are hit only after the residents leave.. ...
Feed Source: feedproxy.google.com
actigraphy - They also filled out sleep questionnaires, kept a log of their hours in bed and participated in six nights of sleep studies with a technique called wrist actigraphy that uses a motion sensor?worn like a watch?to estimate actual sleep duration.. ...
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bang-bang - One reason that this particular conflict attracts so much unqualified attention is because it is incredibly easy to cover while at the same time providing the necessary drama and ?bang-bang? (newsroom slang for combat footage) that for reasons left better explained by a sociologist, seem to increase viewer ratings and heighten overall interest.. ...
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zero haircut - Zerbin said she sees a lot of women seeking a change in their haircut who have what hair dressers refer to as a zero haircut, meaning the length is the same all around.. ...
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eclectic: Dictionary.com Word of the Day - eclectic: varying in style
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