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It's nerve-wrecking, and totally addictive! blog comments powered by Disqus
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Turkey ascended to the final game after a nerve-wrecking semi-final against Serbia.
Ahu Ozyurt: LeBron, Kobe, We Really Wished You Were Here... 2010
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It is nerve-wrecking just sitting through the movie and watching the actors in such situations.
Archive 2010-02-01 Alex Tang 2010
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Turkey ascended to the final game after a nerve-wrecking semi-final against Serbia.
Ahu Ozyurt: LeBron, Kobe, We Really Wished You Were Here... 2010
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Turkey ascended to the final game after a nerve-wrecking semi-final against Serbia.
Ahu Ozyurt: LeBron, Kobe, We Really Wished You Were Here... 2010
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Eighth grade was the eve of an academic path, when a few of my classmates left to go to vocational school; the all-night walk around the city after graduation was the curtain call of childhood and the eve of the next morning, when boys suddenly grew tall and brazen; the marathon of university entrance exams was the eve of self-sufficiency and freedom—all these things, although nerve-wrecking and difficult, have led to something else.
A Mountain of Crumbs Elena Gorokhova 2010
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Turkey ascended to the final game after a nerve-wrecking semi-final against Serbia.
Ahu Ozyurt: LeBron, Kobe, We Really Wished You Were Here... 2010
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Eighth grade was the eve of an academic path, when a few of my classmates left to go to vocational school; the all-night walk around the city after graduation was the curtain call of childhood and the eve of the next morning, when boys suddenly grew tall and brazen; the marathon of university entrance exams was the eve of self-sufficiency and freedom—all these things, although nerve-wrecking and difficult, have led to something else.
A Mountain of Crumbs Elena Gorokhova 2010
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Turkey ascended to the final game after a nerve-wrecking semi-final against Serbia.
Ahu Ozyurt: LeBron, Kobe, We Really Wished You Were Here... 2010
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Next time, although it's nerve-wrecking, let it dry out before you turn it on : less chance of corrosion.
VERY close call 2009
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