• If the whole thing was a put-on, on some level, what was the real reason?

    FORBES: Ten Years Later, It's Still Not Clear Why We Invaded Iraq

  • Or maybe it's a put-on, knowing that fans are still intrigued by the complicated interpersonal drama that drives the band.

    CNN: Fleetwood Mac's 35 years of 'Rumours'

  • Bolen identifies the let's-put-on-a-show approach, in which the Oscar team seems willing to try pretty much anything, as the company's strength.

    WSJ: Oscar de la Renta's Next Big Act

  • The entire thing is actually an elaborate and convoluted put-on that allegedly raises serious questions about fact versus truth, but in reality the movie offers neither.

    NEWYORKER: Incident at Loch Ness

  • It promises to be rich in put-on.

    ECONOMIST: Anita Hoffman

  • When it opened in 1981, the Rosewood Mansion on Turtle Creek became instantly famous locally for its Italian Renaissance design, for its blushing countenance--peach dominated the exterior and interior walls, flooring, and even the furniture--and for its put-Dallas-on-the-map restaurant then run by celebrity chef Dean Fearing.

    FORBES: Lifestyle Feature

  • It was on the table, rather -- put on the table by the Speaker of the House, and acknowledged -- it was certainly acknowledged by the nearly 20 Republican senators who endorsed the ideas behind the Gang of Six.

    WHITEHOUSE: Press Briefing

  • Or, in simpler terms, short-term options players have rarely been more put-heavy on BAC during the past year.

    FORBES: Bank of America Ripe For A Breakout

  • You gotta love this crazy man and the hype. (Not to mention his miracle put-back on a Kobe Bryant miss at the buzzer to win Game 5 between the Suns and Lakers in the Western Conference Finals.) Who else but Artest, in a trademark bizarre post-game interview, would attribute his championship performance to his psychiatrist?

    FORBES: World Cup Time Out: China's Ron Artest Wins NBA Championship. (Or, Buh-Bye Yao Ming)

  • The injury happened after detonators - which are used as fog signals - were taken from a depot in Leigh-on-Sea and put on on a bonfire at a nearby park.

    BBC: Essex

  • The movie would have only been available to Comcast cable subscribers in Portland and Atlanta (Comcast owns Universal) but even the experimental video-on-demand offer put theater owners on edge.

    FORBES: Connect

  • He said in future scientists might be put on an on-call rota so queries could be answered in a timely fashion.

    BBC: Flooding in York

  • Since then, Haye's personal manager Adam Booth has met with Haye's American promoters Golden Boy - who put on Amir Khan's WBA light-welterweight defence over Marcos Maidana on Saturday - to discover what terms they are prepared to accept, and offer.

    BBC: Haye and Klitschkos' US promoters talk in Las Vegas

  • The least drastic approach--and the one most likely to be upheld on appeal--would put restrictions on Microsoft's conduct.

    CNN: Gates gets slammed

  • It was Sweeney who gave his side hope of an upset as the midfielder, who scored a hat-trick in the previous round, was put through one-on-one and slid the ball home with the final kick of the half.

    BBC: Watford 4-1 Hartlepool

  • New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson, a Democrat, touted an "Apollo program" -- referring to the 1960s effort that put men on the moon -- that would reduce dependence on foreign oil by more than half and reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 80 percent.

    CNN: Have we reached the energy tipping point?

  • During his three terms in office, he has banned smoking in the city, outlawed trans-fats in restaurants and forced chain restaurants to put calorie-counts on menus.

    BBC: New York mayor proposes ban on big sugary drinks

  • That led to the TEDx series, a licensing program of TED-like events put on by just-plain-folks.

    FORBES: The Spread of TED

  • Russ Smith scored 27 on 7-of-15 shooting, three other Cardinals reached double figures and top-seeded Louisville put on a defensive clinic in dismantling Colorado State 82-56 on Saturday.

    NPR: Louisville Runs Over Colorado State 82-56 At NCAAs

  • And if so, would you put - who would you put on your fantasy team?

    NPR: Reporter Roundtable: Obama and Iraq Coverage

  • One of my favorite movies is "Waiting for Guffman, " Christopher Guest's sardonic yet ultimately hopeful 1997 comedy about the fictional small town of Blaine, Missouri, and its against-all-odds attempt to put on a one-day musical for the town's 150th birthday.

    CNN: When the audience paddles up to the play

  • Recognizing that our vaunted AAA credit rating is at stake and a default, of any magnitude, on our debt could be expensive and felt across the globe, raising the debt ceiling strikes me as yet another short-term remedy to put a band-aid on a mounting fiscal deficit as opposed to taking the initial steps towards building long, lasting fiscal reform.

    FORBES: Raising The Debt Ceiling Is Just Kicking The Can Further Down The Road

  • So we put the technology trade back on and we put the small-cap growth trade back on.

    FORBES: Visa, Berkshire And QQQ Are In Season After Surge

  • He is calling on the Government to come up with the cash urgently - to put more officers back on the rural beat - in villages throughout Mid and West Wales.

    BBC: Call for rural policing funds

  • Mr Bary - indicted on 284 counts - will also be put on trial for his alleged involvement in the 1998 bombings of the US embassies in Nairobi, Kenya, and Dar es Salaam, Tanzania - which caused the deaths of more than 200 people and injured thousands more.

    BBC: Abu Hamza extradition: US court hears terror suspects

  • We can probably take credit for some of the pressure that's been put on high-tax jurisdictions to bring down their levies on entrepreneurship in recent years.

    FORBES: Eye of the beholder

  • For now, the weakened real-estate market has put the brakes on eminent-domain takings by developers.

    WSJ: Battle of the Beach

  • Workers at the Wotton-Under-Edge plant had been put on a four-day week in February.

    BBC: Engineering firm cuts 440 posts

  • He also urged the team's then captain, Inzamam ul-Haq, not to put pressure on his team-mates to adopt his own strict religious practice.

    ECONOMIST: Pakistan

  • We'll cut the budget deficit in half in four years and put ourselves -- put this country back on a path toward fiscal sustainability.

    WHITEHOUSE: Press Briefing

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