The assignment from the unidentified teacher was designed to flex students' "persuasive writing" skills.
But, encouraged by Europe's political shift to the left, some unions are starting to flex their muscles.
We'll forget what it's like to flex those dorsal muscles, to consciously decipher a thorny stretch of prose.
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The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is entering 2013 poised to flex its muscles more vigorously than ever before.
This is asking mutual funds, pension funds, bank trust departments, college endowments to flex their muscles and be heard.
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Others say it is an organised attempt by criminal gangs to flex their muscles and face down the police.
The skin contracts, so you have to flex the fingers every day make sure that you have full movement and everything.
His allies are looking to the next election as a crucial moment for him to flex his political and financial muscle.
This news comes as a shock to flex-fuel Taurus owner Elisa Davidson.
But today, the Court passed up what Thomas and Scalia thought was an ideal opportunity to flex its muscles on the Commerce Clause.
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Google has dominated online search for years now, and could be on track to flex its muscle both in video advertising and mobile.
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However, it seems likely that Democrats are going to flex their muscles on trade issues before returning fast track authority to any president.
On the streets and in the malls, if wealth is indeed power, then the Qataris have some serious biceps with which to flex their shopping bags.
He was unembarrassed to flex Germany's newly acquired muscles and to employ the sort of language heard from leaders of more nakedly nationalistic countries.
Thanks to his long-standing partnerships with blue-chip companies such as Nike and EA Sports, Mr. Woods continues to flex his financial might off the course.
Big hotel groups are most able to flex their muscles this way, especially in America where the majority of hotel rooms are booked via chains.
And, as the euro zone crisis forces more banks to pull back from Asia, the timing seems ripe for local financiers to flex their muscles.
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While Fox would love to see their first-party solutions become second screen mainstays, it acknowledges that cable giants are likely to flex their consolidating muscle.
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Seattle continues to flex its tech muscle, and REITs, in pursuit of rising property values and rental rates, continue to invest in income-producing properties there.
MPs will doubtless be in a mood to flex their muscles.
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New York's burgeoning technology sector wants to flex its newfound political muscle in this year's mayoral race, the first since digital companies coalesced in the city.
Bernard Thibault, leader of the country's most powerful union, is under pressure to flex his muscles ahead of a leadership vote at his union congress in December.
Benghazi, Libya's second city, also likes to flex its muscle.
But judges and lawyers appear inclined to flex right back.
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This uses hydraulic actuators attached to the antiroll bars that crank into action against the natural tendency of the car to flex from side to side in a turn.
Also, some Brazilian states (3 of 27) charge a lower VAT (Value Added Tax) on hydrous ethanol sold to Flex-Fuel cars compared to VAT imposed on gasoline at the pump.
If the U.S. government no longer affords dual capacity tax treatment, we can expect China to flex even more muscle, as Chevron, ConocoPhillips and Exxon Mobil are left on the sidelines.
On one hand: good for Sutter to learn how to flex its muscles the same way that payers like UnitedHealth, Anthem Blue Cross and Aetna learned to do a long time ago.
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