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Chris -- 2011-03-08
And even more mop-up of hand/ham substitutions. Of course “handstrung” is a word in its own right, but it’s usually applied to necklaces rather than people. Examples:
The premise is simple. Re-imagine the novel as a photographic picture book, scenes depicted without being handstrung by budget or casting.
http://feelinglistless.blogspot.com/200 … chive.html
This interview with Marie Andersson, lead singer of the Sahara Hotnights includies some pithy comments about how rock bands can be handstrung by gender perception
http://feelinglistless.blogspot.com/200 … chive.html
Despite being handstrung by Sosa he put a team capable of winning 90 games with some midseason trades on the field.
http://www.all-baseball.com/cubreporter … 20078.html
I’m sorry, if you produce a MacOS X, even under the best conditions you’re still going to be handstrung by the fact that Apple will need to test their operating system on the numerous hardware combinations
http://www.osnews.com/comment.php?news_ … 30&rows=45
Sometimes members can offer suggestions about how things work in practice that differs from the way things are supposed to work—either because of actual experience or because a program representative is somewhat handstrung by the official terms and conditions of a program.
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/showthre … 614&page=1
But Ashcroft and Bush act like they’ve been handstrung by an “activist court” granted that same court made you the president despite what the people by number wanted.
http://ermca.com/forum/showpost.php?p=1 … stcount=31
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