• The room gets its name from the weight of the job thrust upon the new pontiff.

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  • Some men have greatness thrust upon them, and even half-mad with grief, Rick is our hero still.

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  • No wonder, given that Hasbro's boss is a dedicated philanthropist and had his task thrust upon him.

    ECONOMIST: Toys

  • Tebow appeared poised and confident unrattled by his opponent or the absurd expectations thrust upon him over two months.

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  • Nobody could live up to the supernatural image thrust upon the second-year quarterback.

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  • Another Doctor, Caroline Lucas, had stardom thrust upon her as soon as she became the first Green MP.

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  • He said the negotiations have been thrust upon the poorer nations, without giving them a chance to debate and discuss these in their national parliaments.

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  • But the incoming Congress and the new president must strike a budget deal of some kind, or they will have an economically and politically damaging one thrust upon them.

    ECONOMIST: Congress

  • In brief, he thinks that opportunities should be thrust upon the unfortunate (such as misguided young offenders), but that adults who shirk their responsibilities, or persistently screw up, deserve everything he gives them.

    ECONOMIST: Criminal justice

  • Even though bonus pools will be smaller than last year, the politicians are warning the banks that, if they do not exercise restraint, they could have restraint thrust upon them via yet more taxes.

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  • Might they yet find power thrust upon them?

    ECONOMIST: Argentina

  • Unsustained by anything resembling directorial control, Luke Wilson holds the screen for almost two hours in a front-and-center turn as Jack Harris, a Houston-based business fixer who, in the mid-nineties, had an Internet version of greatness thrust upon him.

    NEWYORKER: Middle Men

  • Said another way, no matter how much or fast technology (social, mobile, real-time) is thrust upon your markets, the one thing that remains constant is that people will use it to connect with one another, learn and discover, create and curate, and most importantly, share and feel experiences.

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  • Upon reaching a speed known as V2 (a calculation based on thrust, weight aboard the plane, airport elevation and outside temperature), pull back on the yoke, and away you go.

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