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I think one of the reasons why all the so-called hot-shot consultants bailed several months ago was the unorthodox way that Newt is running.
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For the hot-shot movie critics out there who love those ponderous three-hour think pieces, Die Hard is too “on the nose,” but for learning about structure and character development, it is one of the best.
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I was the hot-shot kid coming out of high school with nine varsity letters, and I learned that didn't count for very much, says Brandon.
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Let me guess, that it was more than merely preparatory in the eyes of the 3rd class honours law degree CPS hot-shot we hired for £20,000? on June 20, 2009 at 7: 09 am Mon - Fri Inspector
Think About Your Searching! « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG Inspector Gadget 2009
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The strong defensive showing is the result of a maturation by a young core of defenders who have excelled even with the regression of 20-year-old Michael Del Zotto, the one-time hot-shot prospect who was demoted to the AHL.
Scrappy Rangers Keep Finding Ways to Win Kevin Clark 2011
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A few young graduate-school types congregated around Christian Sinderman, the hot-shot political consultant who has been advising Fitzgibbon on his campaign moves (“We have a strong personal relationship and I wanted to work with a consultant who I trusted to tell me the truth,” said Fitzgibbon).
Joe Fitzgibbon: Young Technocrat Has Eyes on Olympia « PubliCola 2010
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About to depart on his first vacation in years, Edward Wozny, a hot-shot young investment banker, is sent to help one of his firm's most important and mysterious clients.
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He was raised with a silver spoon in his mouth, was a hot-shot jerk and I still think he was personally responsible for the fire on the Forrestal.
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Kaine recalls that the hot-shot Illinois senator replied: "Wow, we're probably supposed to help each other out in life."
Though often overshadowed, DNC Chairman Tim Kaine remains a tireless, loyal messenger Philip Rucker 2010
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With at least three bar-certified relatives, it is fitting that the Bronx-born actor will star as the lead hot-shot attorney in "Suits," a drama making its premiere June 23 on USA Network.
Turning Toward Blood and Law Alexandra Cheney 2011
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"The family of gangland widow Wendy Peirce believe her daughter Katie was killed when she was injected with a hot-shot of heroin yesterday. Katie Peirce, 22, the daughter of underworld gunman Victor Peirce, was found dead from a suspected drug overdose at a Greensborough house about 2.50am yesterday.
Wendy Peirce's friend Henri Ser, speaking on behalf of the family yesterday, said as far as he was aware there was no indication that it was a suicide. 'Somebody might have injected her,' Mr Ser said. 'News on the street was that they were under the impression that she might have been hot-shotted. That's when somebody gives you a hit of heroin that's three times the normal, or even 85 per cent pure,' he said."
- Steve Butcher & Paul Millar, Peirces say daughter murdered with heroin, theage.com.au, 16 Dec 2009.
December 16, 2009