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Excruciating certainly was the operant word at the club's press conference yesterday, as team owner/CEO Fred Wilpon and son-of-owner/COO Jeff Wilpon squirmed their way through questions about everything from the underwhelming on-field performances of the too-many players signed to too-long contracts by Minaya to the off-field performances of the Wilpon's financial portfolios as hijacked by friend turned felon Bernie Madoff.
Billy Altman: Mets Say A Change Is Gonna Come. We'll See. Billy Altman 2010
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Excruciating certainly was the operant word at the club's press conference yesterday, as team owner/CEO Fred Wilpon and son-of-owner/COO Jeff Wilpon squirmed their way through questions about everything from the underwhelming on-field performances of the too-many players signed to too-long contracts by Minaya to the off-field performances of the Wilpon's financial portfolios as hijacked by friend turned felon Bernie Madoff.
Billy Altman: Mets Say A Change Is Gonna Come. We'll See. Billy Altman 2010
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She was sadly nowhere to be seen last night on the CW's spy series — back after a too-long hiatus — as Amanda, Division's master manipulator.
Cheers & Jeers: Melinda Clarke's One-Two Punch on Nikita and CSI 2011
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For 8 too-long years, we learned what the espoused Values of the Bush – Cheney White House were.
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She wraps the wool scarf tight about my neck to keep me from getting a chill, her fingers tangled in my too-long hair.
dublin: feast of the epiphany James Claffey 2011
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Instead, perspective is off, so characters grow a foot among panels on a page or their head is too small for a too-long torso or their extended limbs would look better on a giraffe.
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Because countless thousands of children will wind up in therapy after reaching adulthood, the victims of too-long book anxiety.
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Three-part miniseries "Carlos" (Sundance at 9), which Stuever called in his Sunday review a "mesmerizing but certainly too-long biopic," covers the life of the international terrorist Carlos the Jackal, beginning with his reign of terror in London.
TV highlights Post 2010
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Maybe it's the lingering X Factor hangover, or the fact that The Voice does the early rounds so much better by limiting the tryouts to worthy talent, but Idol's overwrought and too-long auditions are just played.
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His tired, red-veined eyes narrowed and he ran his hand through his too-long hair.
Three Stages of Amazement Carol Edgarian 2011
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