You might have expected a Mexican company to head straight for Wall Street.
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So much so that I headed straight for Wall Street to survey the area's security guards, Duane Reade clerks, newsstand guys and doughnut cart magnates, not to mention the folks crowding the public atrium at 60 Wall St.
The Reds wanted a penalty when Benayoun was felled in the box by Pascal Chimbonda, but referee Alan Wiley had already blown for Nyron Nosworthy's trip on Gerrard outside the box and the captain's free-kick flew straight into the wall.
Unfortunately, those plans often run straight into a brick wall when the budding business owner starts trying to open the business in their town.
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Judges or panels of judges decide most cases, providing a less sympathetic audience for tales of perhaps self-inflicted heartbreak (like potential knee blowout I risked by running straight into the retaining wall above).
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MatchON Sports it was one of the biggest dot com companies in Finland and it went straight ( into) the wall and went bankrupt.
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The Buddies tried their luck again from a free-kick, but Dorman's effort flew straight into Falkirk's defensive wall.
This adjustable table allows users to change the angle and height position of the Table PC, from lying flat to a straight-up, 'wall-like mount' at 90 degrees.
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"When you get to the top of the wall there is a straight drop, a small flat bit and a slope bringing the ground back to the same level, " he said.
Aguiar blasted a free-kick straight at a two-man Caley defensive wall and a long throw-in from Grant Munro caused problems for the Hearts defence with Rooney's overhead kick blocked before the ball eventually fell to Dougie Imrie who sent his shot too high.
In reality, according to what the SEC found, Dell's ability to meet Wall Street's earnings estimates for 20 straight quarters had little to do with the company's superior strategy, customer value proposition, products, or operating efficiencies.
Wall, with an Old World name seemingly ripped straight from the series, runs The Rock Paper Scissors group, the production firm that creates the Emmy-winning opening credits to the hit HBO television show.
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"You may have some impact injuries which would stop you swimming back to the harbour wall, you may hit something or you may go straight under, " he said.
Away from Wall Street there is ample evidence that investors hunger for a straight shot.
After Toronto took a 2-1 lead against Phil Hughes on Lind's RBI single in the fourth and Izturis' run-scoring double off the base of the right-field wall in the sixth, the Yankees overcame a deficit for the fourth straight day when Lyle Overbay hit two-run homer in the seventh that was caught on the fly by Yankees reliever David Robertson in the right-field bullpen.
And given that (a) Wall Street is a cold-hearted place and (b) stocks have been moving in a straight up fashion on the tails of strong earnings, decent economic data, and a renewed plunge in the dollar, it is important to note that stocks have become overbought and are due for at least some sort of a pullback in the near future.
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After going 16 straight months in my new entrepreneurial life without taking a single day off, I slammed head first into a mental wall.
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From a straight run-up, in a style reminiscent of Portugal star Cristiano Ronaldo, Honda smashed the ball over the wall and watched it swerve past Sorensen into the far corner.
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