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We would be hard-put to say, is it a certain use of color, a certain use of form," Sims said, "because the creators come from such diverse experiences and backgrounds that you really couldn't.
Art of African Diaspora at Manhattan's Museum of Arts and Design 2011
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The text in firebrands is by SF author Pamela Sargent, who says of Angelina: “Even her husband, the amoral supercriminal called ‘The Stainless Steel Rat,’ is hard-put to restrain his bloodthirsty wife.”
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It may be true that most of the people who create the media messages we see today are talented, creative professionals, often hard-put to balance their own ideals and dreams with the real-world demands of the industry they work in.
Vamsee Juluri: Groupon Gets Columbus, But Not the Rest of Us Vamsee Juluri 2011
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You'd be hard-put to spend more than 2k on khana-peena a day.
Archive 2009-03-01 2009
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With the suppression of the socialist publishing houses, his meagre royalties ceased, and he was hard-put to make a living; for he had to make a living in addition to all his other labor.
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The text in firebrands is by SF author Pamela Sargent, who says of Angelina: “Even her husband, the amoral supercriminal called ‘The Stainless Steel Rat,’ is hard-put to restrain his bloodthirsty wife.”
Angelina – Firebrand! « Official Harry Harrison News Blog 2009
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It may be true that most of the people who create the media messages we see today are talented, creative professionals, often hard-put to balance their own ideals and dreams with the real-world demands of the industry they work in.
Vamsee Juluri: Groupon Gets Columbus, But Not the Rest of Us Vamsee Juluri 2011
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It may be true that most of the people who create the media messages we see today are talented, creative professionals, often hard-put to balance their own ideals and dreams with the real-world demands of the industry they work in.
Vamsee Juluri: Groupon Gets Columbus, But Not the Rest of Us Vamsee Juluri 2011
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The pro-football establishment seems bound to the NFL's official passer rating system, a method so complicated that Matt Damon's math savant in "Good Will Hunting" would be hard-put to make sense of it.
It's How Well They Throw the Ball Allen Barra 2011
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And still poor Mr. Krauthammer is hard-put to conceive how anyone could conclude that George W. Bush is a poor excuse for a President.
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