While officials are eager to hear what Petraeus says in his two days of testimony, the general expectation is he will put off until fall any decision on additional troop cuts.
The road to the huts on Monmouth Beach under the crumbling cliff edge has been closed off indefinitely after a large fall on Tuesday evening.
Meanwhile, Bart Melek, head of commodity strategy for TD Securities, looks for gold to track other risk assets during the debate, meaning it would likely fall on a stand-off if markets like equities did likewise.
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Her designers set out to address her pet peeves: sashes that fall off robes (hers are buttoned on like in a vintage couture jacket), pants and sleeves that are too long (hers are designed to be cuffed), and pajama bottoms with bulky ties that are uncomfortable to sleep on (hers sit below the waist and have flat fronts and elastic backs).
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If you starve yourself (either of food and small spending), you will be more likely to fall off the wagon and blow the budget on a whim.
Haven't met one yet that didn't fall asleep with one shoe off, propped up on the sofa and just snoring.
As Americans stay unemployed for long stretches, they fall behind on card payments, get written off and have no access to new credit.
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When heated to a high temperature, the bath gives off a mist of atoms that fall on to the surface of the object.
Then determine which ones should stay on the plate and which should fall off.
Dieters may fall off the Weight Watchers wagon, but then climb back on.
The agency will kick off a national media campaign this fall to educate beneficiaries on the choices they have under Medicare.
Watson's relationship with Tiger Woods will come under intense scrutiny, having criticized the 14-time major winner's behavior on and off the course following his fall from grace in 2009.
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Hazard's kick and red card is just the latest in series of setbacks following the club's exit from the European Champions League and its dismal league form which has seen the London team fall 11 points off the lead, leaving Chelsea to focus on cup competitions -- the FA Cup and the Europa League.
Time off: Planning to sail around the world this fall on his yacht, Sayonara.
The first two phases of Navy-funded testing (on blue, finback and gray whales) started in fall 1997 off California.
Once, he remembered, a boy in the room next door was thrown against the classroom wall, and he watched the blackboard on his side of the wall come off its hinges and fall to the wooden floor.
Since late 2011, CPI has embarked on a volatile path, bouncing off the flat line only to fall below it twice.
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With iron this then falls off allowing the layer of iron underneath to undergo the same process, fall off and before you know it your Alfa Romeo sports car is in little pieces on the driveway.
The average margin on total sales will fall, but performance actually has improved and shareholders are better off because the company has earned a higher economic profit.
Rather than focus on a sale or percent off incentive, our marketing will showcase our new fall fashions and our compelling assortment of home furnishings and kitchen appliances.
While Buffett has enjoyed great success as an investor, the fall-off demonstrates the painful limitations of his philosophy: Buy good companies he understands and hold on to them forever.
Maybe not, but a Red Button version launched last fall netted 1.5 million users right off the bat, and the Beeb expects to build on that more by moving to mobile devices.
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Having been overlooked for the first three Tests in the series, the off-spinner with a distinctive crewcut already had three of the first five wickets to fall on day one.
Struggling on the field while making troubling news off it, the Dodgers have been in free fall at the gate, from almost 45, 000 fans a game last season to just over 36, 000 this year.
When I swam ashore for a break after the first hour, the girls complimented me on my windsurfing form ("you looked like you were trying really hard not to fall off the side of a building") and introduced me to Aaron, the white-haired Sephardim who co-owned the windsurfing operation with his daughter.
He studies the animals by watching them run on a tiny treadmill-like apparatus or recording the way they manipulate their bodies when they fall off vertical surfaces.
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