In recent times, one of the strangest aspects of war, American-style, has been the inability of the most powerful military on the planet to extricate itself from any of the conflicts it's initiated or somehow gotten itself involved in -- even those it's officially walked away from.
Las Vegas took the better part of a century to extricate itself from the control of organised crime.
Obama's gamble that America can join in the initial phase of a war and then extricate itself quickly is one of those ideas which sound really good on paper, before reality sinks in when they're actually attempted.
In this part, which includes the disturbing close-up image of a bee struggling frantically to extricate itself from a container of rusty water collected from a leaky pipe, Kieslowski contrives a miracle.
If Africa is to extricate itself from the mire of poverty, corruption must be weeded out from every facet of its society.
Barclays has already been working to extricate itself from a series of scandals.
When it comes to housing-related deductions, I tend to agree with Mr. Battaglia that the government should extricate itself from the business of manipulating the housing market.
If the government ever hopes to extricate itself from the business of housing finance, it needs to ensure private sector backstops are well-fortified and well-regulated.
With the Congress unable to extricate itself from the quicksand of corruption, Modi's feint impresses the middle class and the corporate elite.
Perhaps most important, the deal would provide a tool for Colombia's development, drawing investment and helping the nation extricate itself from the mire of poverty that provides sustenance to drug trafficking and a bloody insurgency.
