It was only six months ago that Vick was in the midst of adjusting to a new head coach, the former Louisville coach Bobby Petrino, who was supposed to hone Vick's athleticism into more consistent play.
But problems immediately cropped up after the cabinet approved the draft law and, in what seemed to be a perfunctory step, it went to a council that was supposed to hone the language to be sure it complied with Iraqi legal conventions.
That is the kind of problem that Condoleezza Rice, the president's national security adviser, had in mind when she created the Iraq Stabilization Group, the coordinating committee inside the White House that is supposed to hone Mr. Bush's message, keep the Iraqi economy growing, and balance good military practice and good politics.
I mean, let's be real, the dude can't even punt the ball more than 30 yards at a time, so perhaps he should just focus on honing the one skill he's supposed to have?
Some are being sent on a new year-long course, designed by the Said Business School at Oxford University, to hone their contracting skills.Yes, ministerOfficials are also supposed to save ministers from their own errors.
CALIFORNIA is supposed to be the Golden State of beautiful people, their bodies honed to perfection by 24-hour gyms, cosmetic surgery and "healthful" diets.
In 1197 he granted William a manor at Sutton-at-Hone, Kent, which later was supposed to become a hospital, but instead eventually became a preceptory for the Knights Hospitaller.
This sounds as simple as it is, yet businesswomen have to consciously hone this skill and battle antediluvian stereotypes of how they're "supposed to" behave.
"And what were you supposed to say? 'Well, he didn't love me so much?' " Charles attended Gordonstoun, a Scottish boarding school, honing his French as a dishwasher at le Yacht in Antibes.
In response, GPEI last month unveiled a carefully honed "Red List"—a global top 10 list of countries at greatest risk of a devastating polio outbreak which is supposed to help the eradication campaign focus its finite resources.
The N.F.L.'s long off-season lockout, during which players spent time on courthouse steps rather than on practice fields, was supposed to push the pause button on a part of the game that relies so heavily on the kind of precision that can be honed only by repetition.
