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Where strained, sardonic smiles are glozing still, And grief is forced to laugh against her will.

Henry Wotton, Sr.
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I have a strained muscle in my calf which causes shin splints. It hurt just a little bit. I just had to blow it off and do my other vault. That's all I could really do.

Ashley Felicelli
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They have shrunk from inquiry, though they have strained after punishment. I have in every shape dared the one, that I might, so far as lay in my power, be able to secure the other.

Joseph Howe
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I appreciated them clearing my name and offering to take me back, but relationships have been strained, so I respectfully declined. I felt it was in my best interest to move on.

Chuck Prochaska
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I haven't played a set like that in two years and I pretty much haven't played tennis like that. I guess the shoulder got fatigued and then it strained a little bit. It's just bad luck.

Alexandra Stevenson
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[Chris Gratton, a key player on the Panthers' power kill earlier in the year, returned to the lineup after missing the previous three games after injuring himself Oct. 13 against the Bruins.] I kind of strained a groin muscle, groin hamstring, ... The only thing you can do for those is just rest them.

Chris Gratton
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We are already strained in terms of our staff and space.

Cherry Loney
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Clearly, there are some strained relations there.

Robert Hogan
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I don't know where this report came from, but he has a strained foot. We're going to progress him over the course of the next couple days and see how he feels this weekend.

Mark Mann
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This will help our schools tremendously. Their budgets have been strained, and they have had to use reserve funds to be able to reopen schools while paperwork for insurance and FEMA is being processed.

Hank Bounds
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We recognize that both counties have strained budgets. He brings with him a background in economics, a background in finance. The key here is to find other sources of revenue so the burden on the taxpayer is reduced and the airport grows in exciting new ways. And to let the community see how essential the services are that many don't see every day.

Gene Cisewski
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Our resources are extremely strained. Our main concern still remains the funding.

Hansjoerg Strohmeyer
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We're busy nonetheless. Our folks and our equipment and our materials obviously are far less strained, and so is our budget.

Bill Stowe
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There were some strained relationships between the former leadership of the shelter and some members of the commission.

David Woodward
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It was [financially] strained there for a few months.

Kyle Fischer
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We are not enemies but friends. We must not be enemies. Though passion may have strained it must not break our bonds of affection. The mystic cords of memory shall swell when again touched, as surely they will be, by the better angels of nature.

Abraham Lincoln
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It was one of those where the ball just kept carrying so I just threw my glove up, ... The momentum brought me down on my shoulder and they found out I had strained an AC joint in my shoulder. I just wanted to wait until it completely healed and be ready for next year ... We learned a lot from this past season and hopefully it will pay off.

David Dejesus
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IT budgets, often strained by the need for real estate, power and cooling, will shift toward building new applications and IT services that are specifically developed to drive new business.

Michelle Bailey
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I was surprised, really. I really thought they would try to come up with an alternative [bid]. But I definitely think his strained relationship with the financial community hurt his bargaining position.

Robin Farley
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It happened a couple of days ago and it's gotten worse, ... I don't know how, but it doesn't take much to aggravate it. It's the size of a large cantaloupe. I think I strained the tendon in the back where the calf connects.

Jim Colborn
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Voters would find it a strained argument to believe that the senator who prides herself on intelligence and knowledge of detail can't recall any details in this case. It just strains credulity.

Jonathan Tasini
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Parents in communities where school districts are financially strained were promised that this law would close the achievement gap. Instead, their tax dollars are being used to cover unpaid bills sent from Washington for costly regulations that do not help improve education.

Greg Weaver
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Upon her death (on Aug. 4, 1999) we had about $500 left. Cancer patients and their families are financially strained especially during the first few months of treatment before Social Security and other sources of income kick in, so we used the extra money to begin the Karen Chandler Trust Fund.

Mike Chandler
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Increasingly, firms have been adding expensive technology supports and perhaps haven't seen the real benefit of it, ... In the face of perhaps a slower revenue growth in the future, (profit) margins could become strained.

Michael Flanagan
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The railroads were still pretty strained last year.

Paul Bingham
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To the sound itself the conductor adds the italics and punctuation of gesture, of strained arms, of startling tautness of the shoulders, of brisk nod, of hands flung apart in some wild appeal to the universe.

Christopher Andreae
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Nick Haines broke his finger. Hunter Feinberg had a strained back. He got taken down over here in the middle of the field. Not what you want going into the regional final.

Jon Wilson
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He had a minor hairline fracture that healed real fast and some strained ligaments. It just healed faster and he went to a sports doctor that knows how to work on athletes.

Joe Ferrer
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