Two years ago, the team sat on pins and needles after a 21-8 regular season.

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And so there's a sense of being on pins and needles among Republicans.

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Their son Richard was at home when pins and needles took him to the family doctor for a check up.

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"It's always a major concern and sometimes we walk on pins and needles when we see one of our players go over there and go all-out so early in the season, " Lopez said.

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The Apple leader had little to say about one issue the tech and media worlds are on pins and needles about: whether the technology company plans to build a television or create a new type of television content service.

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We've been waiting on pins and needles for Google to announce some official Android tablet plans for so long we'd almost forgotten about Mountain View's other operating system -- but from what we're hearing, Chrome OS is about to jump to center stage with a tablet debut on Verizon just before the holidays.

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"For the past four years, we've lived our lives in this hurry-up-and-wait, pins-and-needles way, " says plaintiff Kris Perry, who challenged Proposition 8 with her partner.

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"For the past four years, we've lived our lives in this hurry-up-and-wait, pins-and-needles way, " Perry said, recalling the crush of court deadlines and the seemingly endless wait for rulings from a federal district judge, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, also based there, and the California Supreme Court.

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