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By RALPH JENNINGS TAIPEI — Robin Winkler, an American-born lawyer, changed his citizenship in 2003 to avoid deportation from Taiwan. He feared that his constant, outspoken pressure on officials to consider wildlife, water quality and more ...
"You know, in some ways Stanley was naive and we were both young and full of enthusiasm. At first I thought well this is amazing: here is a man who is supposed to be one of the most difficult directors ever and he accepts everything I've designed. All I have to do is hand it to the art department and they will get cracking. Well, little did I know."
German Rescue Plan Gets Rolling
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Real Estate, many are wondering if Germany should have a broader plan.
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get a move on
Also, get cracking or going or rolling. Hurry up; also, start working. For example, Get a move on, it's late, or Let's get cracking, kids, or It's time we got going, or The alarm went off ten minutes ago, so get rolling. The first colloquial expression dates from the late 1800s. The second term, also colloquial, employs the verb to crack in the sense of "travel with speed," a usage dating from the early 1800s, but the idiom dates only from the first half of the 1900s. The third term dates from the late 1800s and also has other meanings; see get going. Get rolling alludes to setting wheels in motion and dates from the first half of the 1900s. Also see get busy; get on the stick.
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