• As with other pieces of early Japanese pottery, one feature of the Aomori find is the exquisite rope-like pattern pressed into its surface for decoration.

    ECONOMIST: A potted history

  • At the conclusion of that lecture, I bum-rushed the stage and pressed into his hand a cassette.

    NPR: Living Colour: Getting 'Behind The Sun'

  • Lyon's Michel Bastos was pressed into emergency service at left-back for Brazil following an injury to Liverpool's Fabio Aurelio, and he demonstrated his attacking prowess with a low, angled drive that beat Foster but flew inches wide.

    BBC: Brazil 1-0 England

  • Nelson corralled quality director Brent James and pressed him to delve into the unglamorous nitty-gritty of changing the entire hospital chain.

    FORBES: On The Cover/Top Stories

  • Dupuy was pressed into kicking duty with Flood in the sin-bin, and the Frenchman held his nerve to ensure Leicester secured their third straight win under new coach Heyneke Meyer.

    BBC: Worcester 17-19 Leicester

  • If pressed, I would have guessed that parent-child communications fall into that constitutional sweet spot, the Ninth Amendment, which acknowledges rights so sacred they don't need to be enumerated.

    CNN: Washington Diary: Should a Mom Rat on Her Daughter?

  • Burkina Faso midfielder Wilfried Benjamin Balima headed the opener four minutes before halftime, while Franca Jymmy sealed victory deep into injury-time as Steve McClaren's side pressed in vain for an equalizer.

    CNN: Benfica put five past weakened Everton

  • Once a solid layer has formed at the top of the cauldron, the curds are cut then separated from the whey, pressed into a large mould and set to age in a high-humidity cellar.

    BBC: Tracing fondue��s mysterious origins

  • Octopus tentacles are braised and pressed together, then sliced, like deli meat, into a mosaic of cross-sections.

    NEWYORKER: Rouge et Blanc

  • It was a rare highlight in a dour first half - although James was also called into action to keep Pompey level as Fulham pressed.

    BBC: Fulham 1-1 Portsmouth

  • The tactics were just right - something that had almost always been the case under Brown - as the Scots pressed and harried the Germans, denying them the opportunity to get into their stride.

    BBC: Darkness lifts on Vogts' reign

  • Smith and Costos entertain so much that they employ a full-time cook, Chris Kidder, whose latest creation, a lemon marmalade cake, is pressed into a visitor's hands.

    WSJ: Going Modern, Staying Grand

  • Eason, who was trained as a pediatric nurse, was a stay-at-home mom until a bookkeeper at the trout farm left suddenly in 1985 and she was pressed into service.

    FORBES: She Shall Overcome

  • Another possibility is that Jean-Luc Dehaene, prime minister of Belgium, who faces an election in June, might be pressed into service.

    ECONOMIST: Europe has to scratch its head

  • Once this rat pressed the correct lever, its brain activity was delivered as electrical stimulation into the brain of the second rat - designated the "decoder".

    BBC: One rat brain 'talks' to another using electronic link

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