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overwork
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A prison officer from HMP Chelmsford has been suspended, but a senior prison staffer said the error was "down to a series of mistakes, probably because staff are overworked and in short supply".
Thanks in large part to a typically overworked performance by Mr. White, who is monotonously soulful and tortured, Springsteen comes across as an anti-icon.
Others overworked their pastry, which resulted in a tough, rubbery texture.
This developing plot line, however, stays in the background as customers turn up demanding to look like Beyoncé or requesting micro braids, a labor-intensive torture for overworked hands.
A delicate balancing act of romance, comedy and whimsy, the film now actually feels a little overworked, as if Anderson was wrestling certain internal impulses in trying to purposefully make something light.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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