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Yes, when I stomped the pedal from a standing start in the lightweight SL 550 (the all-aluminum body shaves 300 pounds off the previous generation roadster) and engaged its monstrous twin turbo V8, I could feel the skin on my face pulling back just as when I did the same thing in a V12 Aston Martin Vantage, a feeling I cannot replicate in my own 7-year old BMW 3 series.
FORBES: Test Drive: 2013 Mercedes SL 550 Roadster
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Ronnie is no poker-faced pro, however - there's plenty of wincing and face-pulling when he falls short of the perfection he demands of himself.
BBC: What exactly goes on inside Ronnie O'Sullivan's head?
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Sims dropped to the floor after her miss, pulling her jersey over her face and kicking her legs as she lay flat on her back.
WSJ: Louisville Women Upset Baylor, Ending Griner's Career
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But the visitors hit back and Andy Griffin waltzed into the area before pulling a cross across the face of goal and in-form striker Long then headed wide from a corner.
BBC: Stevenage 1-2 Reading
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She spent time in front of a mirror, retraining the shape of her mouth, forcing her lips into a long oval "O" to evoke Ms. Garland's face in midbelt but pulling back when the look turned clownish.
WSJ: Tracie Bennett as Judy Garland, Capturing the Essence of a Legend | Creating
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For many moms on the go, pulling wet hair into a ponytail, skipping the face paint and grabbing a cereal bar on the way out the door to carpool will have to suffice.
CNN: The mommy morning compromise
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Whatever the extent of their restructuring so far, companies still face a big task cleaning up their balance sheets (eg, by selling assets and pulling out of unprofitable businesses) before they can start growing again.
ECONOMIST: Japanese corporate profits
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Robben was again in the thick of the action early in the second half, collecting the ball on the left and drawing a good full-stretch save from Mucha with a curling effort before appearing on the right and pulling back for Sneijder to shoot, but again the Slovakia keeper saved, this time with his face.
BBC: Netherlands 2-1 Slovakia
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Lenovo is pulling back the curtain on several Windows 8 devices today, and among the bunch is a somewhat familiar face: the IdeaPad Yoga.
ENGADGET: Lenovo IdeaPad Yoga 13 shipping this month for $1,099, ARM-powered Yoga 11 coming in December
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Apple is perhaps the most egregious, jealously guarding its own perimeter in the most arbitrary and capricious way, and even, in the case of pulling Google maps off the iPhone, going to the extent of cutting off its own nose to spite its face.
FORBES: Consumers Would Like To See Samsung And Apple Reconcile