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ball-buster

  • n  a demanding woman who destroys men's confidence
  • n  a job or situation that is demanding and arduous and punishing
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  • The asymmetry of the available insults reinforces the oft-noted dilemma of women in public life: how to be business-like without inviting perceptions like "ball-buster" or bitch.
  • Speaking of which, who out there actually uses "ball-buster" in everyday conversation?.
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  • Monta Leads Mavs To ‘Ball-Buster’ Opening Win
    This was a ball-buster game,' said coach Rick Carlisle, whose Mavs survived all the 'busting' with a 118-109 season-opening win over visiting Atlanta on Wednesday. http://dfw.cbslocal.com/2013/10/31/monta-leads-mavs-to-ball-buster-opening-win/ CBS Dallas - Fort Worth 2013-10-31 06:24:42 yboss 75715 lateral epicondylitis 146881 75715 Feeling Great: Preventing or treating ‘tennis elbow’ Pain in the arm and wrist is commonly attributed to a condition called “tennis elbow,” or lateral epicondylitis. In tonight’s kick-off to... http://myfox8.com/2013/10/31/feeling-great-preventing-or-treating-tennis-elbow/ FOX 8 WGHP 2013-10-31 21:52:07 yboss 1959 adjectival 146882 1959 Top Story Please login to view the requested resource. For diehards of the Boston Red Sox, for whom “long-suffering” was forever an adjectival appendage during an 86-year stretch of heartbreak and frustration that ended in 2004 , Wednesday’s 6-1... http://www.dnronline.com/article/the_bosox_teach_a%E2%80%88city The Harrisonburg Daily News-Record 2013-11-01 04:03:17 yboss 29992 corer 146883 29992 Let's Talk Food: Potato wedges with hot dogs, and what are your phone-it-in meals? Between being sick and on a mission to empty my deep-freezer, I've lapsed several days lately into relying on a favorite phone-it-in meal: hot dogs and homemade potato wedges. How we do chewy-outside/soft-inside wedges (hint: the apple corer is your friend), and what are your softball meals? http://www.detroitnews.com/article/20131028/LIFESTYLE05/310280004/1005/LIFESTYLE Detroit News 2013-10-28 05:38:03 yboss 75152 laminar flow 146884 75152 ISG Static Mixers for High Viscosity (Laminar Flow) Applications Hauppauge, NY – The Ross Interfacial Surface Generator (ISG) is a patented Static Mixer (US Patent No. 3404869) designed for laminar flow processes such as blending a minor component into a viscous stream. Despite having very different viscosities or densities, fluids entering an ISG Static Mixer are repeatedly combined and subdivided into layers until a homogenous mixture is achieved ... http://news.thomasnet.com/companystory/ISG-Static-Mixers-for-High-Viscosity-Laminar-Flow-Applications-20016679 ThomasNet 2013-10-29 12:43:43 yboss 1875 adenauer 146885 1875 db x-trackers UK Regulatory Announcement: Notice to Shareholders LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--DB Platinum Advisors société anonyme Registered office: 2, boulevard Konrad Adenauer, L-1115 Luxembourg R.C.S. Luxembourg B-85.829 (the “Management Company”) To the Shareholders of: db x-trackers, Société d’investissement à capital variable with its registered office at 49, avenue J.F. Kennedy, L-1855 Luxembourg – R.C.S. Luxembourg: B-119.899, db x-trackers II, Société d ... http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20131030005008/en/db-x-trackers-UK-Regulatory-Announcement-Notice-Shareholders Business Wire 2013-10-30 10:03:10 yboss 146085 write copy 146886 146085 Man vs. Algorithm: When Media Companies Need a Human Touch Before Amazon evolved into the ecommerce behemoth we know today, it functioned more like an online literary publication. For the first few years after launching in 1995, it relied primarily on a team of editors and writers to review books — the first product Amazon sold — and write copy for the homepage. The goal was to give the young site an authoritative voice and prove to customers that they ... http://mashable.com/2013/10/30/new-media-technology/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss Mashable 2013-10-30 17:49:48 yboss 146034 wrester 146887 146034 Search the Archives This season will be more important than ever for NDSU wrester Steven Monk. Monk’s senior year will be his last chance at claiming a coveted spot as a Division I All-American—an honor he has been one win away from each of the last two seasons. http://www.ndsuspectrum.com/sports/hungry-bison-stampede-into-season-1.3109763 The Spectrum 2013-10-31 04:09:12 yboss 1815 addend 146888 1815 Strauss: A ridiculous Common Core test for first graders Test uestion 1 on the first-grade test is based on the New York Common Core Standard, 1.OA4: Understand subtraction as an unknown-addend problem. (Really.) http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636635/s/33293730/sc/38/l/0L0Swashingtonpost0N0Cblogs0Canswer0Esheet0Cpost0Ca0Eridiculous0Ecommon0Ecore0Etest0Efor0Efirst0Egraders0C20A130C10A0C310Cb0A6e0A9c40E42690E11e30Eb0A280Ede922d7a3f470Iblog0Bhtml0Dwprss0Fr Washington Post 2013-10-31 20:19:10 yboss 74577 kurt godel 146889 74577 Is God Real? Scientists ‘Prove’ His Existence With Godel’s Theory And MacBooks Scientists have “proven” God’s existence, at least in theory, by plugging in mathematician Kurt Godel’s philosophy on their MacBooks. As noted by Spiegel Online , however, what the two computer scientists did was more of display of what can be achieved in scientific fields by using greater technology rather than verify the existence of a Supreme Being. The story, however, has become a sensation ... http://www.ibtimes.com/god-real-scientists-prove-his-existence-godels-theory-macbooks-1446396 International Business Times 2013-10-29 20:47:13 yboss 145919 worldly good 146890 145919 Receiving the Good Things in Life Two conflicting opinions about material wealth exist among believers. One says that to be truly spiritual, a Christian must keep few worldly goods. Proponents of the opposite idea think that prosperity is a sign of God's favor and, therefore, a desired possession can be claimed by faith. Bewildered, many followers of Jesus wonder, Which of the two is the correct approach? But neither answer ... http://www.christianpost.com/news/receiving-the-good-things-in-life-107719/ The Christian Post 2013-10-30 09:42:52 yboss 1763 adad 146891 1763 State releases report on drug treatment services The Hawaii State Department of Health (DOH) Alcohol and Drug Abuse Division (ADAD) has released its 10-year report on alcohol and drug treatment services from 2003 through 2012. The data will help DOH direct resources to areas of greatest need. http://www.khon2.com/news/state-releases-report-on-drug-treatment-services KHON 2 Honolulu 2013-10-30 01:27:13 yboss 93300 open order 146892 93300 Nasdaq Options Market to remain halted until close SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- Nasdaq Options Market will remain halted until Friday's close after a sharp rise in volume overwhelmed the system, according to Nasdaq OMX . A significant increase in order entries inhibited the system's ability to accept orders and disseminate quotes on a subset of symbols," said the exchange in a statement. It will also cancel all open orders in Nasdaq Options ...
    Nov. 1, 2013 - Market Watch

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