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she said " clean , " for which she won best actress at the cannes film festival , is a recent example of a good movie she took on.

She did not wait to be asked to become a gatekeeper, but took on the job before she had proper access to the gate.

What had been a funny initiation rite suddenly took on an air of danger.

(Mark 15: 34), he knew the overpowering terror of separation from God as he took on himself the curse of our sins.

Mr Christie stirred up a lot of headlines when he took on the unions, most recently calling them greedy, selfish and self-interested.

She took on her new job in part to help the education community to "know what they know" and be able to act collectively on that knowledge.

He was very outspoken about freedom and doing what you want, and he took on a fan who had a rare bone marrow disease as a personal crusade.

He took on a man he refers to as "the Last Samurai" , Kazuhiko Takeshima.

We have much admiration for you all inasmuch that you took on the challenge of duality, knowing it would be a an extremely hard experience.

Soon, he says, 'it sort of took on a life of its own.

He never forgot to comment on the literary through experience even if he took on heritage research.

Perhaps we think "I took on too much" is not much of an excuse if and when we drop the ball (after all, it was our choice to say yes or no).

A maverick, John McCain tackled campaign reform, military reform, spending reform. He took on presidents, partisans and popular opinion.

But the question of his ability to lead the fund took on heightened urgency on Tuesday.

To do so, he took on the entire airline industry, and risked his company to see his vision through.

That he took on this diet is also a powerful demonstration of how the plant-based diet is going mainstream.

He took on another of Millington's duties and began to buy some of the metals for the manufacture of the arms.

And he took on a major concern for doctors: the fear of a malpractice lawsuit.

At age of 21, with a map and a compass in hands, he took on the harsh journey of travelling all over China in his wheelchair.

He also faced down powerful figures in the central government as he took on militias with powerful friends.

I think he took on a role that's better than any of his roles in the past.

He took on a prominent political role after her death, and recently assumed the presidency after Pervez Musharraf resigned under pressure.

The government has never revealed how much debt the local-government vehicles took on.

Her face took on the semblance of a look of happiness as she put on her hat to go below.

Thus Madoff posed as a man beleaguered by his own generosity, who took on new clients as a favor to friends.

Anyway, that's what his girl told me. He took on a French girl, you know, while you were away.

This makes it all the more surprising that Mr Hurd, who seems to be a sensible chap, took on the chairmanship of HP.

Her team stepped up, took on more responsibility and "did it better than I would have done it, " she says.

Once a Zabrak from Iridonia, Maul abandoned all trace of his former identity when he took on his Sith name.

Still, he achieved huge publicity (and got to pocket 25, 000 francs of the advance), and the idea took on a life of its own.

He was a bully always picking fights-Wall Street, health insurers, oil companies, the U. S. Chamber of Commerce. He took on all comers.

He took on his shoulders two creels and headed the sea with full confidence.

was let go from her job as the director of a pro-bono legal services program for a social service provider, she took on a nanny position.

He took on the job of watchman for a little store, and was paid two coppers a night for sleeping on the premises.

In fact, participants who took on the challenging intellectual tasks consumed up to 29. 4 percent more calories than those who did not.

The person of George Washington took on a symbolic significance for both the Americans and the British during the War of Independence.

But Pete's sound is firmly rooted in the blues, a direction he took on his latest album, Even Things Up.

Mars was not always red, according to a new theory for how the planet took on its characteristic ruddy hue.

So although he was still playing football full-time, Woodruff began law school at nights, while his wife Joy took on the rest.

He got overconfident-and greedy. He took on the most difficult, most highly-paid assassination attempt in history.

As the debate over health care began to heat up, the protests took on a new and added dimension.

Consumer and investor protections were weakened and households took on risks that they often did not fully understand and could ill-afford.

A: As the debate drew to a close, Bush took on the question of character.

For verily he took not on him the nature of angels; but he took on him the seed of Abraham.

Spain then took on Nigeria and Merida scored both goals in a 2-0 win to put his country in a strong position at the top of Group C.

While the men were away, the women naturally took on leadership roles, a structure that persists today, at least within the household.

We respect the obligation that he took on before he came to Milan.

And thus my life, normally so calm, suddenly took on an air of riot and chaos.

After several weeks, they washed off the white and took on the full responsibilities of men.

Also, it is not simply a question of the Fed declining to bail out financial speculators who took on excessive risk.

We had to Be mindful of every step we took on slippery sidewalk.

Over two years of the community work, I took on promotion, information and report tasks, visiting the units of community etc.

He took on the responsibility for collecting evidence for the trial.

He took on the responsibility as a captain and led the team in the rescue.

She took on the major role of Queen Amidala in the Star Wars prequel trilogy that rocketed her to international fame.

He admired her, and was amazed at the vigour with which she took on the unions and defended the free market through the 1980s.

We had to be mindful of every step we took on the slippery path.

Emphasize accomplishments that nobody required of you but that you took on out of sheer enthusiasm.

You will be truly able to say that you took on a powerful dark force, and you won.

Taxpayers had to pay the price. Foolishly, the Irish government took on the liabilities of Irish banks, passing the burden to its citizens.

As soon as Sam joined this electronics company, he took on an important research work.

Aside from his combative midfield duties, the Brazilian also took on the captaincy and the penalty-taking in a challenging campaign.

As industrial societies began to produce ever-growing quantities of garbage, recycling took on a new meaning.

Enhanced with photo-editing software, the sky became a deep red and the sun took on a more distinct halo.

Created from the very Heart of the Flame, they took on a life of its own, Pandora.

Others took on the surprisingly difficult question of defining what, exactly, money is.

Public interest law firms that took on sensitive cases also continued to face harassment, disbarment of legal staff, and closure.

The portraits of my predecessors and their wives took on a new meaning as Hillary and I realized we'd be among them before long.

And so in his spare time he took on side projects that relied on his creative hobby.

Greece's government, finding itself able to borrow at rates only slightly higher than those facing Germany, took on far too much debt.

Virtue took on a narrow meaning with the final result that the word virtue fell into desuetude.

Margaret Thatcher, no friend of the unions, took care to have the police onside whenever she took on organised labour.

He took on the formidable task of reforming the whole system.

And yet. There's a picture on our fridge that I took on holiday with my other half and our first child just after he was born, 11 years ago.

He says the nature of the work he took on meant that sometimes he got paid and sometimes he didn't.

The Alabama native eventually took on further responsibilities for the company's sales and operations.

It was a statement that took on an increasingly hollow ring as the months wore on.

The problem was that the banks took on liabilities that far outgrew Iceland's GDP.

Briefings during the war took on a new meaning as initial expectations of tanker losses as high as twenty percent were revealed to crews.

Confrontation with America did not disappear but took on a new meaning.

The bank took on Brown as a temp, thensold her division to French BNP Paribas and downsized her job.

He took on the responsibility of looking after the baby.

Before that, he took on Joseph E. Stiglitz, the Nobel laureate, about the future of the euro.

In the years leading up to the Beijing Olympics in August, the destruction took on a manic pace.

He took on the look of a famous artist.

She took on every plea for help that came to her, sending food or money, writing letters, finding rooms, whatever would make a difference.

Yesterday, in his latest post on the subject, Levy took on a tricky question. Should the surgeon be punished for the error?

Early on, the music, as it was performed in concert and in the new clubs of the period, took on a special mode of presentation.

China continued to be the dominant force in the IPO market in 2010, a position it took on in 2009.

In the end, this giant male took on an entire walrus herd and came away with a hard-won meal that will help him survive another winter.

The city took on an air of prosperity.

For his third wish, Fischell took on the medical malpractice system, which, he believes, puts doctors at the mercy of lawyers and insurers.

At the news of her husband's death she took on like a mad woman.

Long recognized as the historic heart of the American automotive industry, Detroit took on the nickname "Motor City. "

Many of Rio's subsequent travails are a result of the enormous debt it took on to outbid America's Alcoa with a knockout $38 billion offer.

But she's a young Mighty Messenger, that happened only shortly before she took on this public project.

"Gavin's management style changed. He became more systemic in his thinking and took on more of a management framework. "

He took on new ways of life after he got married.

The United States and the international community stood up and took on this terrible scourge.

In so being, the Grand Masters took on Sirian darkness of pain and disease and all but a few perished.

From Panama, uploaded by daydreamer191, a video of the excitement lived on the march, which took on the air of a parade.

He conducted the modernized recreation in his work and utilized the related beelines and curves, which took on various sense of rhythm.

It also took on board the western notions that, to be a great nation, it must acquire an empire.

The Republican senators whom they took on were last elected in 2008, a good year for Democrats, so were always going to be hard to dislodge.

You were the one who took on this job. Don''t try to pass the buck.

Moreover, he suspects, "the countries that took on [emissions-reduction] targets under Kyoto, they're not going to do it again without us. "

When Roslin and Admiral Adama interview Lampkin before the trial, why does Lampkin say he took on the case?

Park put Choi in touch with a children's foundation, Child Fund Korea, and social worker Yu Hyun Jeong took on his case.

This problem is especially severe because everyone took on so much debt during the bubble years.

Malaria eradication was supported by the United States of America, and the Soviet Union took on smallpox eradication.

In the next three months this relationship took on a more flagrant form .

Today, I was too tired to bed immediately fell asleep. Unknowingly, I took on the spacecraft came to the Kingdom.

As belief in spirit possession waned, the practice of dressing up like hobgoblins, ghosts, and witches took on a more ceremonial role.

Dressed in new military uniforms with military ranks and collar badge on them, the officers and soldiers took on an entirely new look.

She took on nothing but risk, while you lived on the cheap.

He took on the management.

Just before dawn yesterday, Freya, the Chancellor's cat, took on Larry, the Prime Minister's pet, in a very public catfight.

The group outgrew Mrs. Wiggins's living room and took on the name Women Transcending Boundaries.

Swallowing your pride took on a whole new different meaning for me as I swallowed my first bite of rat meat.

The fearsome, grotesque shapes moving just beyond the veil of green haze and the new reality of my sight took on greater and greater detail.

The last time BT took on the unions was in 1987, when there was a national strike.

Its body took on an iridescent sheen, and four beautiful wings sprouted from its back.

All the while, Mr. Zhao took on various cameraman jobs and put on exhibitions of his photography and art videos.

And private-equity firms will continue to be burdened by the debt-laden companies they took on in the boom.

He believes that the market has took on a warmed up, strengthened the company's confidence in the Chinese market.

Desperate for cash, Chewie and Han took on a charter of two passengers and their droids from Tatooine to Alderaan.

For a period, there were neighborhoods in Berkeley and San Francisco that took on the look and the fragrance of barn yards or hunting camps.

And many were surprised that she took on the emotionally intense films back to back.

The photo we took on our trip to Romania was supposed to be for our memory collection. In truth, it belonged to someone else.

This took on an additional order of magnitude with the emergence of the first proper alphabet, Greek.

Ms. Louis-Dreyfus said that toward the end of the series, her character's look took on a slimmer, darker palette.

This campaign took on the proportions of a veritable war against the peasantry .

eg. Her eyes took on a hurt expression.

The 2nd person of the Trinity took on this 100% human nature, including the soul; this happened at the Incarnation, not in eternity.

With a new identity, the mosque in Portland took on a new role and became more active in the broader community.

as he gingerly lowered his weight it took on the solidity of familiar board flooring.

Yes, indeed it would; participants primed with old age took, on average, a full extra second to cover the short distance to the elevator.

When human daredevils ventured beyond the soft bottle of the Earth's atmosphere, this once academic question took on practical meaning.

New York's Apollo Theater took on a touch of Hollywood when it began installing its own Walk of Fame.

In the half light, the Alsatian took on the appearance of a wolf.

The population spatial distribution took on the form of "pole-axle-circle" pattern.

What happened there if, in the bowels of one of their pigs, a virus mutated and took on a deadlier form?

The gathering this year, however, took on a new urgency with the world teetering on the edge of a recession.

That we would marry, and that there would always be men we wanted to marry, we took on faith.

These cars took on a personality by themselves and often stole the scene from even the leading ladies in the films.

He got his men into a tight huddle before they took on arch-rivals Spain.

They all told her that unless she took on leadership of the new entity herself, it would never come to fruition.

Political participation of the Tibet's people has took on a new look in range, capacity, initiative and enthusiasm.

as women became more independent and took on new roles, a new law was considered necessary to reflect that change.

The broken pieces of limestone that earlier surveyors had mistaken for gravestones suddenly took on a different meaning.

During the credit boom, financial institutions and American households took on too much debt.

Hume took on the sacred cows of his generation, and Dennis loved that attitude.

the homebuyers who took on 125% mortgages at the peak of the property boom were a classic example.

these years of reform, my hometown took on a new look.

The SEC's case was never all that strong, but they can say they took on Goldman Sachs and stared them down.

Blaine took on a Zen -like appearance in the water tank as the minutes ticked, but Winfrey was anything but calm.

But as the Open Society Foundations took on a more substantial form, I changed my mind.

The clinical findings hinted that psoriatic arthritis had diverse onset features, and took on a progressive course.

It is said that Herod took on such big projects because he wanted his name to be remembered forever.

The key vulnerability arose as banks and corporations in the region took on too much short-term, foreign currency external debt.

It took on a charge in shadows, underwater or even submerged in a corrosive bleach solution.

[[Allan Pinkerton]], the agency's founder and leader, took on the case now as a personal vendetta.

But in general, Schwab says the Bush Administration took on all of the enforcement cases it believed were backed by rock-solid evidence.

Some years ago I took on an assignment in a southern county to work with people on public welfare.

He took on with the new boy and they got on fine.

It was not only the plants that were changing; the architecture also took on a different style.

During the 1950s, architecture, cars, and gadget design took on a curiously spaceflight-inspired aesthetic.

The Chinese said Motorola could do business there if it took on a Chinese partner and shared core technology, Younts said.

The policy of engagement with Iran launched by the Obama administration now took on a stern aspect.

Some of it represents debt that local governments took on for their own projects.

The circumflex replaces the 's' found in the earlier hostel spelling, which over time took on a new, but closely related meaning.

Within a few months my painting took on a new maturity.

Theodore Roosevelt was often called Teddy, and after one particular hunting trip this nickname took on a new meaning.

In his late teens Grisham took on a string of dead-end jobs before embarking on a series of unfinished college courses.

In 1951, construction of the base at Groom Lake took on a more earnest effort with Project Redlight.

During the American Civil War "Yankee" took on a wider meaning.

He also directly took on critics who say the sweeping climate change bill would inflict high costs on ordinary American families.

After the July 17 bombings of two luxury hotels in Jakarta, the hunt for the Malaysian terrorist took on renewed urgency.

Rob took on his father's job of running the farm with no other emotion apparent other than relief.

Swiftly, even as humanity measures time, they lost their animal look, shed bodily hair, and took on refinements of manner and habit.

General McChrystal's tiny headquarters in Kabul took on a very different feel.

and his plain , rather worn face took on an indefinable look of derision.

Where We Left Off: Just after Lois learned his secret, Clark finally took on Zod, casting him away from Earth.

Tom took on greater responsibilities when he was promoted.

This was partly because of a charge it took on selling its stores in Japan, which it has decided to quit after four years of struggle.

The game took on the name jeu de paume, which means "game of the hand. "

By contrast, in many pre-crisis housing markets buyers routinely took on loans worth 90% or more of the value of the property.

When tomato grew in 50% relative water content in organic substrate, diurnal variation of photosynthetic rate took on a single-peak curve.

But the rise in bond yields and fall of the dollar took on new momentum last week, even as stock markets fell back.

Over time, such serpents took on the personification of humans that fractured in the many falls in consciousness.

She took on the "tenth-five" national tackle key problem project further progress of paddy in 2000, and was checked and accepted in 2005.

His eyes narrowed and took on a sinister cast.

She also took on a key sales role for his new company, New Way Laboratories.

The team trained patients' families, who often took on typical nursing duties, to charge, or pump, the device.

Yet the task Mr Pyle in fact took on is still a worthwhile one, and the book he has written to fulfil it is outstanding.

These stories took on a metamorphosis of their own and later became pages of thrilling excitement for people of all ages.

In 2009 more than a dozen teams took on the challenge, and all of them failed to one degree or another.

the negotiations , as outlined by cashman and hendricks , took on a dizzying pace.

No hackers took on Chrome at the conference, simply because everything else was easier.

Spiky, smooth, wavy or curved, the sculptures took on very different shapes when looked at from different angles.

Earlier this year Spain's central bank took on the cajas, nationalizing some and forcing others to merge.

In 1990 Hazen took on a second position, as professor of earth science at George Mason University.

Her face took on a worried expression after hearing the news.

S. and trait came to develop the "special relationship" , in which American arms played ties roles and oil took on lubricators.

While teaching in a university in Beijing, Professor Green took on additional work in the evening. My job is so routine and dull. I hate it.

South Park, meanwhile, took on another totalitarian dictator last night.

The judges also took on record an affidavit submitted by the Union government.

She took on all of my responsibilities for a day and sent me off to Tokyo to play.

He had gotten drunk that afternoon- "I took on a double helping of Dutch courage" is how he put it-before taking on Linda.

His music took on the style of the artist Georges Seurat's painting techniques.

I took on maintaining an entire one, and there were ideas bubbling in my head that I knew would probably lead to major changes.

Watching the big package Oreo at heart, pure happiness, think of the phrase: Susan Susan took on the people.

The degree of leverage that these institutions took on is indefensible.

She took on greater responsibilities when she was promoted.

You bought too much house, took on too much debt and generally lived beyond your means.

But the demand took on an entirely new characater coming from Gao, Beijing's climate czar.

After having built a mini laboratory in the family's stable at the back of the house, Schotz took on the role of mentor to Esther.

Within two hours his complexion took on colour and his limbs became warm.

After the students put up a Christmas tree in the centre , the classroom took on a holiday appearance .

In a balance-sheet released on October 5th the commission highlighted six big cases it took on, five of which ended in convictions.

Troubles and other realities took on themselves a metaphysical impalpability .

The study results show that the pore pressure and axial strain took on a fluctuant increasing process under cyclic shear loading.

In the company of another frigate, Pellew took on - and defeated - the Droits del' Homme , a French 74, in 1797.

The ship took on more fuel at Freetown.

The fuel oil we took on at Freetown will be enough to get as to Tilbury.

Ox demon king took on monk tang, ready for the concubine and even younger sister marry sovereign treasure.

As a science teacher, I then took on a new goal of sparknig interest in space exploration in my students.

Brazil proved particularly exciting, since there I took on the dual role of lead contractor and cultural ombudsman .

The expulsion of the Soviet advisers from Egypt in 1972 suddenly took on a new significance.

Some years later, Johnson took on another important leadership role.

It took on gigantic output capacity and wide exploration foreground.

They introduced a system of organized government in towns which usually took on names ending in "shire" .

By 1898, Pierre was focused on understanding the meaning of radium, while Marie took on the formidable task of isolating it.

She took on something dreadful when she was accused of telling lies.

Mr Obama bravely took on the Clinton establishment (though he largely did it by pandering to more Democratic interest groups).

Zhao Shu-li's Writing not only depicted life in the country, but took on the duty to pronounce for peasants.

She and her husband sold an expensive car, took on extra work, and budgeted like crazy until the debt was gone.

With the acquisitions it took on long-term debt of more than $80 billion and billions more in losses.

The enterprise took on full complement of new employees.

He inherited a great empire and took on many building projects.

took on the system and exposed America's evil.

Two of Mr. Allen's three children succumbed to credit-card pitches on campus and took on $700 each in debt very quickly.

The indignant passenger took on about the rudeness of the bus conductor.

In 1884 Rodin took on another monumental project, this time for the city of Calais, France.

So recently, I took on a second job: assistant coach for Sasha's basketball team.

As Osiris took on the attributes of other gods, he eventually became the god of the afterlife, which is also a solar attribute.

Another sister took on the responsibility of raising the other child.

I have purchased several over the years and keep going back to them like I would to personal photos that I took on a journey.

MAYBE IF I TOOK ON A BIGGER CASE LOAD.

The summer of 1970 was the most memorable trip I ever took on the plane.