Naftogaz is getting skillful at tugging at the heart strings of the E.U., which already has a political bias against Russia.
Hang onto your heartstrings, because they're about to get tugged.
The show's gore is unmatched: a baby gets tugged from a woman's belly during a suicidal C-section (if the baby had died, it would have reanimated and clawed its way out); intestines dangle like red-sauced linguine from a rotted zombie pulled out of a well.
It may sound kind of fishy, in this "trust no single adults with access to our children" era but my peers and I made it through unmolested (mostly at least... odds are that somebody in my class at least was getting the ol' rub and tug without my knowledge).
"It will be survival of the fittest," Johnson said, "the way it's never been in this industry before". After a period of trend-hopping, in which some soaps tried to squeeze in outrageous topics as a way of emulating talk shows, Johnson believes daytime dramas are getting back to their tug-at-your-heartstrings roots.
"So if you've got your finger in someone's mouth and the other person's head gets tugged, your finger is going to scrape against their teeth.
Upon reflection, it's easy to see why Maliki is getting stronger in this diplomatic tug-of-war, and Bush is getting weaker -- because the clock is running out on Bush, and because Bush's domestic popularity continues to fall while Maliki is using the international media to boost his own popularity with the voters in Iraq.
The Yankees like to have multiple lines dropped in the trade waters at all times, and at any time between now and Monday's trade deadline, the slight tugs they have been getting from other teams could turn into something more.
For a patient, the only thing worse than being pulled into an insurer-provider tug of war is getting stuck with a pricey bill.
You might get a wiggly tolerant puppy that turns out to be a dog that nips when its tail gets tugged one too many times.
You may be getting back to nature, but you're also being tugged within, to places not often visited – buried memories, hopes and fears, milestones passed.
