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So - as long as your child is not clinging like a limpet to the hem of your skirt or trousers - you can walk away on the first day and feel satisfied your most precious possession is in good hands.
BBC: NEWS | UK | Education | First day at school? Be positive
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For all its brisk, brightly glowing hooks, "Don't Stop Now" is no throwaway, as Finn searches for inspiration ("Give me something I can write about") when he's not clinging to any emotional investment he can find ("Give me something I can cry about").
NPR: Crowded House Won't 'Stop' Sparkling Sadly
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The people who frequent centres like this one are not so much clinging to their parents' and grandparents' ways as creating a new culture that is both pan-Asian and American.
ECONOMIST: Segregation and shopping
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However, successful managers are not at the back end clinging to the past.
FORBES: Good Managers May Not Move First, Never Last
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Clinging on does not appear to be Rivera's wish.
WSJ: Jason Gay: No Fuss, No Muss, All Mariano Rivera
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Not everywhere: the soldiers are clinging on in telecoms.
ECONOMIST: China
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If Local Natives' "Airplanes" existed only as a lyric sheet, it would unfold as a wispy dirge: A man begs for his lost love's return when he's not staring at her picture or clinging to souvenirs that remind him of her.
NPR: Local Natives: Lost Love In A Lighthearted Romp
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The police chief of the town said the incident -- which left one victim dead and the other clinging to life -- did not appear to be a random attack.
CNN: STORY HIGHLIGHTS
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When that failed, the administration launched air strikes, still clinging to the assumption that ground troops would not be needed.
ECONOMIST: Did Clinton think it through?
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Those with cash (including a chunk of the corporate world and not a few households that gained from the housing boom) are clinging on to it because of uncertainty about future demand, job prospects, taxes, the supply of credit and much else.
ECONOMIST: The path ahead
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Yet, clinging to the side of Mount Profitis Elias, the community not only thrived as an agricultural centre but at times supported the entire island.
BBC: The lost world of Olymbos