In February it threw in the towel on online retailing and reopened as an Internet incubator called Grove Street Ventures.
Not to mention it uses up the towel supply quickly and means I'll be the guy who has wet hands and nowhere to dry them.
But Farmer was always careful to leave the knot looser on his towel so that it sank faster, according to his autobiography, Rags to Riches (Orange Frazer Press, 2004).
Kneeling on the stone floor as the 12 youngsters sat above him, the 76-year-old Francis poured water from a silver chalice over each foot, dried it with a simple cotton towel and then bent over to kiss each one.
Drain the rice and spread it out on a clean dish towel to drain until completely dry.
Is it time to throw in the towel and head for the hills?
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This is when they turn it off and hang up the towel.
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She reached for a wet towel and quickly swiped it across the mattress, then shook out a clean sheet and managed to slip it underneath him just as he was becoming too heavy for her to hold where he was.
She wiped the tray and dried it, and hung the damp tea towel on the line in the scullery.
Moreover, corporate IT departments have finally thrown in the towel resisting Apple products.
Anyone who has ever tried mopping up an oil spill with a single paper towel will know how difficult it is to keep unsavory news from spreading through social media sites like Facebook and Twitter.
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The destination is an old-school barbershop where participants can enjoy one of the last remaining straight razor, hot towel shaves in Argentina -- it is recommended not to shave the day before the tour.
And with Wal-Mart's stock price stuck in neutral for the past five years, some shareholders are asking whether it's time to throw in the towel by settling most of these suits and getting back to minding the stores.
The only other possible argument is that missile defense will have no effect whatsoever (highly unlikely) or that it will make the Iranians just throw in the towel (also highly unlikely).
It turns out that my affection for the Forbes beach towel may be similar to what many employees feel about small gifts from their employers.
So by the middle of the second half it was clear that Vilanova was ready to throw in the towel.
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Aim to visit on a weekday to avoid the weekend crowds, when it becomes difficult to find a patch of sand to lay down your towel.
With many of the ebullient spectators chanting Federer's name at the changeover, it was easy to understand why Soderling had his head buried in a towel.
But Andrew Kohut, the president of the Pew Research Center, has come up with a study indicating it isn't time yet for the Republicans to throw in the towel.
"It seemed at times that David Cameron was ready to throw in the towel and aim for a freeze, but today's deal proves that a cut was worth voting for in Westminster and worth negotiating for in Brussels, " said shadow foreign secretary Douglas Alexander.
It may well be I am not selected, but I'm not throwing the towel in yet.
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But Salford, who brought on Italian international Carlo Napolitano for his debut, refused to throw in the towel with Malcolm Alker and Gary Broadbent going over with two Blakeley conversions making it 40-22.
"It's surprising to me that it's taken someone so long to figure out a way that we can track each towel and create some sort of towel accountability, " he said.
Earl was knocked down once more by a right cross early in the second and the towel was thrown in by his corner, only for referee Micky Vann to throw it back out of the ring and continue the fight.
It rates U.S. hotels from bronze to platinum based on their environmental practices: linen and towel reuse, recycling, composting, energy efficient appliances, solar panels, electric car charging stations, green roofing and more.
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"It's going to be difficult, of course, but we are never going to throw in the towel, " he said.
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