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Because of this, the effect of stellar storms can decide whether life has a chance to stick around on these planets.

"He's going to fight with emotions. Once he's rattled, he won't stick to the game plan, and he won't be the same fighter in the ring."

Work out a monthly budget of your income and expenditures, and stick to it.

Forget about throwing a stick; as one young woman told me while her wet-nosed darling relieved himself in the park, you must wipe a Frenchie’s butt.

Perhaps this is a week to be grateful for the fortitude of patient, determined actors willing to stick with it for years and grind out change.