Wigan came out fired up but lost second row forward Simon Haughton early on when he sustained a head injury in pulling off a try-saving tackle on Bulls skipper Robbie Paul.

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Two buses away, in one packed with Japanese middle schoolers in blue uniforms, a boy was pulling the hair and beating the head of another pudgier boy seated ahead.

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He strolled the waterfront with the beer thudding inside his head, a lonely feeling pulling at his heart.

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Then to work, starting with the front, blow-drying into curls and pinning them to the top of your head, sectioning your hair and pulling it in front of your shoulders to make finishing touches in precisely the same way.

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The goal is to remove people who aren't "pulling their weight, " said one investment-banking head at a major bank, adding that "banks are overbuilt" in relation to the work available.

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Laying across the seat, trying to be "small, " pulling Scotty down on my lap, realizing he'd been shot in the head and bleeding profusely.

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Yet, the head of the German Bundesbank suggests that its business as usual and key commentators are pulling their punches.

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