Since spring, they have steadily been pushing outward from that central region, slowly securing key towns and districts and establishing Afghan forces to hold those areas before moving on.
Eisenbud and Gavin Forbes, who runs the agency's tennis division, started out slowly, securing her a modest Nike deal that kept her in sneakers and workout gear while trying to shield her from hype and expectations.
It is somehow reassuring to see that Abigaille's garishly iridescent off-the-shoulder dresses have stayed in fashion in the production's ancient Babylon, and that at least one singer remains who relishes a long, luscious scene with an incriminating document, inhaling the paper deeply before folding it, ever so slowly, and securing it in her bosom.
When walking on the roof, always walk slowly and secure your footing before taking another step.
But followup action such as creating secured landfills has come slowly.
After the mask is secured, continuous positive airway pressure is slowly increased to 3 5 cmH2O, and PSV is increased to obtain the largest (>7 ml/kg) exhaled tidal volume, a respiratory rate below 25 breaths/min and patient comfort.
Violence continues to increase in Afghanistan, and the government there slowly loses control of areas that had previously been secured.
Slowly, surely, he rose up the depth chart, until he secured a starting receiver spot before the 2006 season.
Arshad said troops had secured 80 percent of the complex and were moving slowly, as the resistance was intense in the remaining areas.
Now secure, Gerald began slowly climbing the tower's metallic ladder up towards the blinking control box.
