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While being miserly isn’t a good trait for an entrepreneur, it’s important to maximize savings when you can. Forbes (Mar 13, 2013)

Several players had their heads in their hands, forlorn looks on their faces, as the game winded down.

"Considering the rough seas, the overcrowded boat and the precarious conditions, a situation of emergency was declared," the Italian navy said in a statement.

With the Achaeans at the doorstep of Troy, Helen prostrated herself before her new father-in-law and mourned her fate. Scientific American (Dec 10, 2013)

The eminent pianist Leon Fleisher is the soloist in Prokofiev’s Concerto No. 4.

Besides workers’ taking the initiative to work less, is there a place for better labor regulations to protect people from their employers’ avarice? Salon (May 1, 2013)

ast Friday two venerable American corporate brands, General Electric and AT&T, both raised their dividends in response to good business news. Slate (Dec 17, 2013)

Like a veracious historian, I cannot go beyond my authorities. Allen, Grant

The one certainty Germany’s ponderous political system produces is that very little changes, even with changes of government.

Several acoustic guitars lean against the walls in varying states of decrepitude and a small portrait of Snoopy looks on.

I promised everything, and she did her best to convince me that she would be quite complaisant on the first opportunity. Seingalt, Jacques Casanova de

Later this year, you’ll even be able to order a back panel made of real wood — in bamboo, teak, ebony or rosewood.

Bale lost 62 lb., from a muscular 182 to an emaciated 120, for the lead role in The Machinist; somehow he survived.

Now contrast it with this one from The Guardian: Morrissey: What kind of bland, insipid question is that? Slate (Oct 11, 2013)

Since then, there have been a number of great stop-motion features, many of them just as macabre or strange as Nightmare.

Okay, so this wasn’t going to be a thoughtful sojourn at the Iowa Writers’ Workshop or the MacDowell Colony in the New Hampshire woods. Forbes (Dec 2, 2013)

Bridgegate/IRS comparisons were always specious, and always relied on phony data. Salon (Jan 15, 2014)

This decadent world of power, crime and big money comes to life through ostentatious fashions and outrageous hairdos. Seattle Times (Dec 27, 2013)

They have lashed bamboo stalks together in a cone-shaped semblance of a pine tree, with CDs decorating it.

The incremental advances achieved thus far have few practical applications, but researchers say they could portend larger leaps.

We ate lunch and supper at his humble home, where Miranda took this picture, which shows him as a pensive man and a loving father.

"We do not maintain, like the jealous God of Deuteronomy, that the iniquity of the fathers should be visited on the sons," its leader says.

The longer Christie talked, the less he sounded angry and resolute and the more he sounded as if he were making excuses.

Even more worrying is the blithe ignorance of most of our legislators.

Next, go outside to an area with a clear view of the horizon and zenith. Scientific American (Aug 22, 2013)

The veteran winger has been a key contributor in his second stint with the Capitals.

Nowadays, we hear a lot about the noxious cocktail of chemicals that can be found in our food, furniture, cleaning products and even our cosmetics. Salon (Dec 22, 2013)

The avenues to engage fans are manifold, and teams must pay special attention to new pressures, such as real-time impact of social media storms. Forbes (Nov 7, 2013)

Romney sealed that image during the campaign when he disparaged the "47 percent" of U.S. households he described as living off government handouts.

They only turned into our tail-wagging, ball-chasing buddies through selective breeding that gradually dialed down their surly aggression and ramped up their friendliness.

Some were flippant comments about news stories or analyses done by Washington’s large foreign policy commentariat.

How do the very appealing ideas cohere in memory?

The experience creates a strong aversion to drinking and is extremely effective at preventing relapse—that is, if the patient actually takes it. Slate (Jan 15, 2014)

Would baseball have issued a tougher punishment, had A-Rod not been so contemptible?

Titles can be issued for personal or political motives, as well as pecuniary ones.

Over the past century, it was labor-saving appliances, invented by men and spread by capitalism, that liberated women from daily drudgery.

She was standing, clothed in a robe the color of auroral light, with high neck and plain sleeves. Anonymous

In the second variety the nervous symptoms, such as delirium, somnolence, stupor, and muscular tremblings, are the most prominent. Various

One IT executive recommends making an assiduous effort to focus less on technology and more on the business. Forbes (Oct 23, 2013)

She sat there for a moment, in quiet repose.

Doing so means missing the fundamental, timeless principles of the discipline that go well beyond the trendy and transient.

The current agreement is temporary, and negotiators hope it will be a precursor to a broader agreement requiring Iran to substantially undo its program.

Can some individuals really master a cornucopia of foreign languages when others struggle with the rudiments of one?

They are like pencils balanced precariously on their points: the slightest perturbation can knock them off balance, causing an error in the calculation.

"The false knight who profaned his blade with the blood of the king he had sworn to defend." A Game of Thrones

Often I sat for hours, and did nothing, thinking with painful pertinacity of that one question, "How should I restore happiness to my little sister?" Rameur, E.

"Lord Arryn was a prudent man, but I fear that His Grace does not always listen to wise counsel." A Game of Thrones

A red and white Peruvian flag beat against an azure Andean sky.

The golf itself was an unforgiving slog across undulating fairways and incredibly slow greens.

Satellite maps mark the distinction clearly: the Jewish settlements are concentric rings of ordered streets and red-roofed homes embraced by green space.

The complex was designated a city landmark in 2008, with the bank’s assent.

Perhaps certain Chinese deals should be examined with a discerning eye, especially on national security grounds.

It’s undeniably incredibly depressing stuff, a snapshot of a small child being goaded into saying things whose weight he can’t even begin to comprehend. Salon (Jan 9, 2014)

They still prevailed 54-40, with Harris scoring 14 points to lead them to their ninth straight victory. Seattle Times (Jan 16, 2014)

He has renounced Satan and all his works, given up his ability to kneecap and to bribe. Slate (Jan 14, 2014)

Some 400 works were bequeathed by Chinese art expert Professor Michael Sullivan, who died in September.

His departure deals a blow to the firm's efforts to revive flagging sales and internet traffic in the face of increased competition from rival sites.

One passage from Extreme Islam that had been highlighted read: "Islam is always in need of martyrs."