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  • In a room plastered with posters titled "Pressures" and "Ways to Say No," I join a class of Los Angeles middle schoolers in November 2002 as it breaks into small groups to plod through an anti-drug lesson from Project ALERT.

    Reason Magazine - Hit & Run 2009

  • The Personal Impact: Pressures on their families and friends.

    GIVEAWAY: Win a Free Digital Copy of the Shatner/Nimoy Mind Meld Documentary 2009

  • Pressures over trade are mounting as the global recovery falters.

    China Criticizes U.S. For Protectionism By JOE McDONALD 2010

  • More Complete Coverage: Foreclosure Crisis Justice Pressures Servicers, Law Firms When foreclosure-paperwork problems erupted last month, some title insurers stopped issuing policies on certain properties.

    Insurers Ease on Amnesty Nick Timiraos 2010

  • Pressures on the ruble were extreme in 1998 because the drop in Asian demand for oil, along with increased OPEC production, had caused the oil price to crash—from about $23 a barrel at the end of 1996 to $9 in the middle of June 1998.

    The Return Daniel Treisman 2011

  • Pressures on the ruble were extreme in 1998 because the drop in Asian demand for oil, along with increased OPEC production, had caused the oil price to crash—from about $23 a barrel at the end of 1996 to $9 in the middle of June 1998.

    The Return Daniel Treisman 2011

  • Pressures then are above normal across the higher latitudes and lower to the south which leads to the winds having a northern component more often than when the opposite is true.

    Why was last year so snowy? Part II Jason Samenow 2010

  • Pressures on the ruble were extreme in 1998 because the drop in Asian demand for oil, along with increased OPEC production, had caused the oil price to crash—from about $23 a barrel at the end of 1996 to $9 in the middle of June 1998.

    The Return Daniel Treisman 2011

  • Inflation Pressures: The number one reason for premature tire failure is improper inflation pressure.

    Get The Most Out Of A New Set of Truck Tires 2009

  • Pressures has intensified after the president's spiritual mentor, Ayatollah Mohammad Taghi Mesbah Yazdi, said last week that Ahmadinejad was under a "spell" from Mashaei, whose daughter is married to the president's son.

    Iran claims 30 arrests in alleged U.S. spy ring 2011

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