Handled in a ham-handed manner, you have yourself a Cool Hand Luke failure to communicate.

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America may not be as aggressive as it has been in the recent past, but Obama's record -- the surfeit of caution regarding Syria aside -- suggests it would be a fatal error to test this cool hand in the White House.

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On the other hand, I perceive our friendship to be just a little too cool and both of us to be a little too cynical and even ornery for me to join the masses with a simple click of a happy birthday button on Facebook.

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And with two minutes left on the clock, McSheffrey was again on hand to slide a pass through to Jerome who beat the offside trap and kept his cool to send Birmingham in front.

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You want a very cool fire, less than 300 degrees if possible (you should be able to hold your hand right over the area on which the ribs are cooking with just a little discomfort).

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Mr. Miller says he thinks the primary cause of his hot hand turning cool was simply "bad decision-making, " and that luck played a role in his fund being ranked so highly last year.

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"I'll have an Attila the Honey, a Back Hand of God, and two Pompous Pompadour Porters", might be your beer order at the cool little Six Acres bar (203 Carrall St) in the city's historic Gastown district.

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