They tackle matters like the struggle of service workers to make do on miserable pay, the hollow offerings of the career advice-and-placement industry, the middle class's fear of falling, men's inability to commit, the historical flimflamming of women and much more.
Virginia's only scare came when the reserve guard Keith Friel, a transfer from Notre Dame, fell to the floor after he committed a foul and grabbed his left knee.
Introduced in the series pilot, Chloe spends much of season one helping her best friend Clark Kent Tom Wellingg) stop the citizens of Smallville who have developed special abilities from genetic mutations, caused by the meteor rocks that fell to Smallville in 1989, from committing crimes.
With a further 40cm of snow falling that night, our reluctance to commit to a piste-bound day was sealed.
He said one worrying trend was that whereas in the past investors bought on dips, few were willing to commit in the falling market because they had been burned by their experience in the financial crisis in 2008.
Balls, who is expected to make a major announcement on tax in the speech, will also promise to undo the fiscal rules that allow the coalition to commit itself to falling debt on a five-year rolling programme.
He certainly has the capacity for the sort of icy cool that would give Daniel Craig's Bond a run for his money, as evidenced by his great turn in Joss Whedon's 2005 sci-fi flick Serenity, as a black-ops agent so dispassionate he forces his victims to commit suicide by falling on their swords, quite literally.
A disheartened David attempts to commit suicide by falling from a ledge into the ocean, but Joe rescues him with their stolen amphibicopter.
P.& G., Dow Chemical, Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company, as well as other big users of oil-based raw materials, are waiting to see if oil prices will stay down or continue to fall before they commit to price cuts.
For example, one client of Wyman's, a salesman, was so worried about his income last fall that he decided not to commit much of his 2010 paycheck to his company's 401(k) plan during last year's sign-up period.
Holy Cross committed 10 turnovers in the second half and fell to 0-8 for the first time.
