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  • Obama first needed to get his sea-legs, and focus like a laser on economic recovery.

    Robert Kuttner: A Wake Up Call 2010

  • While Fox is the worst example of this, there seems to be a general hesitance to let a new show find its sea-legs.

    What is Wrong with Fox? | the TV addict 2007

  • The ice immediately stopped all swell, the vessel's deck again became a stable platform, and after two months 'incessant exercise of our sea-legs we could once more move about freely.

    The South Pole~ From Madeira to the Barrier 2009

  • However, the devil is in the details, which will change as the bill goes through Congress and as the new regulator finds its sea-legs.

    Douglas J. Elliott: What Obama's Financial Regulation Reform Announcement Means 2009

  • The mail-bags (O that I myself had the sea-legs of a mail-bag!) were tumbled aboard; the Packet left off roaring, warped out, and made at the white line upon the bar.

    Reprinted Pieces 2007

  • Where The Lies of Locke Lamora suffers from occasional first-novel jitters, Red Seas Under Red Skies shows the improvement of Lynch gaining his sea-legs.

    Neth Space Neth 2007

  • Where The Lies of Locke Lamora suffers from occasional first-novel jitters, Red Seas Under Red Skies shows the improvement of Lynch gaining his sea-legs.

    Archive 2007-06-01 Neth 2007

  • Reich is still hasn't gotten his bloggin sea-legs yet... no RSS feed, no trackbacks, and really poor formatting ... but when smart guys like Reich blog, I can overlook baby steps.

    Allan Jenkins' Desirable Roasted Coffee 2006

  • Reich is still hasn't gotten his bloggin sea-legs yet... no RSS feed, no trackbacks, and really poor formatting ... but when smart guys like Reich blog, I can overlook baby steps.

    Allan Jenkins' Desirable Roasted Coffee 2006

  • We have been a little cruise in the yacht over to the Eddystone lighthouse, and my sea-legs seem very well on.

    Memoir of Fleeming Jenkin 2005

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