Word: ekes
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...take care not to overstate the case. Many people in Vietnam are crushingly poor and work long days on the street or in the fields to eke out a sparse living. They do not dine in the new quaint restaurants that now grace Saigon. When we traveled to the far north of Vietnam, near the border with China, the houses in the countryside reminded me of those I had seen in my travels in Ethiopia. My wife's aunt, a professor of social work in Saigon, reminds us that Vietnam is only beginning to cope with serious social problems like...
...final frame, the Crimson was able to eke out a 16-14 victory and complete its come-from-behind defeat of the Violets...
Harvard managed to eke out an emotional 3-2 (26-30, 30-25, 32-34, 30-21, 20-18) victory, winning in the closely contested fifth game of its Saturday afternoon match against division rival Vassar...
This time around, the Crimson took advantage of three five-game victories to eke...
...heroes, dismantled Eastel Systems' hierarchy, which stopped anybody from making a decision unless the boss was around. Now he enjoys sitting with his employees over a meal of grilled pork and fiery Korean-style rice wine. His strategy is paying off. Debt is down 60%, and Eastel expects to eke out a small profit this year, while competitors are going bust. And the engineers are smiling again. --By Donald Macintyre/ Seoul. With reporting by Noel Yang