• By the time the club opened for dancing, dozens of impressively unattractive single men appeared from some sort of crack in the space-time continuum.

    WSJ: Dilbert Creator Scott Adams's Year Without Fear

  • And that the bond market will crack at some point, though putting a date on that is very difficult given extreme government intervention in the market.

    FORBES: Protecting Yourself From Japanese Insanity

  • Shooting these intermediate frames at different exposures could produce brilliant HDR photos or even video, assuming of course that camera manufacturers don't find some other way to crack the exposure code by then.

    ENGADGET: Switched On: Photography is dead, long live photos

  • Some horses are able to crack the herd's stiff social hierarchy and win acceptance.

    WSJ: Reviving Slaughter of Horses

  • Meanwhile, the stock is still facing a mammoth additional supply of shares in the coming months, with employees getting their first crack at selling some of their stock in open market.

    FORBES: Facebook: The Slide Continues; Sets New Low At $19.01

  • It seemed a pity to have travelled to one of the gaudiest treasure ports along the old Spanish Main and to not at least have a crack at seeing some gold doubloons, especially since rumours abound of beachcombers here occasionally finding delicious bits of treasure washed up on the sands after a storm.

    BBC: In search of pirates in Panama

  • If those odds don't scare you off, consider too that some industries may be inherently tougher to crack than others.

    FORBES: Magazine Article

  • Fracking involves injecting water, sand and some chemicals deep into the earth to crack shale rock, which frees oil and gas.

    CNN: Vermont first state to ban fracking

  • It is known that some elements of the Republican Guard's crack Medina Division were near Karbala, about 40 miles closer to Baghdad.

    CNN: Euphrates battle may be biggest so far

  • Lorraine Millot of French daily Liberation says in a blog post that "the compromise now adopted by Congress does not really resolve the fundamental problems but allows Barack Obama to have himself celebrated has the one who finally got the Republicans to 'crack' by forcing them to accept some tax increases for the richest of the rich".

    BBC: International media cool on 'fiscal cliff' deal

  • The U.S. saw a wave of crack addiction in the 1980s that has to some degree faded.

    FORBES: Magazine Article

  • The U.S. saw a wave of crack addiction in the 1980s that has to some degree faded now.

    FORBES: When Gin Was In

  • But what about the concern that some people have had that the commercial side of Sundance has become so successful that there are some films that are left behind that just can't crack the structure?

    NPR: Films That Lit Up the Sundance Film Festival

  • Find a crack in the armor of a great film or some small bit of light in a dreadful one, but there is really nothing to criticize here and I get the feeling that upon a second viewing, it may rise even higher in my various top 10 lists.

    CNN: Review: 'A Separation' is a great family drama

  • As it started to become clear earlier this week just how much ingenuity was required to crack the iPhone 5 and iOS 6.1, some iPhone users wondered whether a similar stunt could ever be pulled off again.

    FORBES: After Evasi0n, iOS Hackers Have More Exploits In Store For Apple

  • If that number seems reassuringly low in a population of 313 million, consider that about 6 million other crack-ups occur each year without a death, resulting in some 3 million injuries.

    ENGADGET: Editorial: Self-driving cars FTW, but not for everybody

  • Due to the high winds some roof tiles were dislodged which resulted in my car windscreen being struck, which created a crack.

    BBC: Fergus Muirhead

  • When asked directly about this possibility, AMD was a bit coy and continued to insist that x86 is alive, healthy, and slated for a magnificent future, but nonetheless left the door open a crack with respect to the potential that ARM cores could ultimately replace x86 cores in some future products.

    FORBES: AMD Woos Developers With Promises Of Efficiency

  • Was Sandberg, as some of the negative reviewers asserted, essentially putting the blame on women for their inability to fully crack the glass ceiling?

    WSJ: The new book group? Women form 'Lean In' circles

  • Not only had Mr Manning failed in two elections to crack the Liberal hold on Ontario, Canada's most populous province, but even some of his erstwhile supporters claim he has become an imperious leader, out of touch with Reform's populist roots.

    ECONOMIST: Canada

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