When an actor acts with his eyes, you want to be looking at his eyes, not at a breathing plug-hole.

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Inviting more foreigners to invest in India would help sentiment and plug the current-account hole.

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If you stabilize your boat and plug that grapefruit-sized hole first, you can start to make amazing and sustainable progress.

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The second suggests that a rod-like plug can block the hole by slipping across it sideways and stopping large ions from passing, rather like a drain cover stops leaves from entering the mouth of a pipe.

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's Amplatzer is a fabric-mesh patch threaded through catheters to plug the hole.

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The Everett Clinic in Washington state has taken steps to plug this hole by deciding not to become a full-fledged ACO.

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The move helps plug a gaping hole in the iPhone's capabilities--voice recognition--while pitting Google against Microsoft, whose Tellme unit has long sought to bridge the gap between phones and the Web with voice recognition-enabled applications.

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Levitre will help plug a big hole on the Titans' offensive line after five-time All-Pro left guard Steve Hutchinson announced his retirement earlier Tuesday.

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If we don't plug the hole in the current Act, we may drive health-seeking behaviour underground, and ultimately contribute to an increase in the spread of infection.

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As well as trying to come up with growth-enhancing measures, British treasury chief George Osborne will be under pressure to plug a hole in the public finances after an auction of the next generation of mobile phone licenses reaped less than anticipated.

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