Word: leaning
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...Trask, "the new steelmaking capacity in China will eventually catch up with the growth in that region." China's steel output reached 192 million tons through September of this year, up more than 20% from 2003. In the long term, that could mean even more Western overcapacity in the lean years - exactly the kind of situation that made companies like TUI shy away from steel in the first place...
...Survey Chair Jonathan S. Chavez ’05, who is a Democrat, said he thinks students lean toward Kerry because they are more concerned with the issues than with each candidate’s image...
...while building up your arm strength is important, having huge shoulders is not entirely necessary. All that extra muscle just adds unwanted weight to the lightweights’ lean bodies...
...then whimsical attitudes are par for the course here. In its day, Helga's Folly has hosted celebrities such as William Holden, David Lean, Sir Laurence Olivier and Mohandas Gandhi. More recent guests include fashion designer Zandra Rhodes and Kelly Jones of rock group the Stereophonics, who wrote British chart-topper Madame Helga in tribute to his hostess. It's certainly easy to be inspired by life at this grand 1930s house, with its flamboyant colors and eclectic furnishings. Ancient Buddhist paintings, hunting trophies and antique Dutch chests are scattered everywhere. Silk flowers and Christmas baubles hang from the ceiling...
...Universal Audio—the light, airy voice of a girl alternating with the melodic voice of a guy—might remind audiences a little of Belle and Sebastian, but for people wary of the precocity of B&S, The Delgados offer a much more driving alternative: Lean chords paired with swelling choruses are backed by adequate, but controlled, production, the result of which is a CD of smart pop. Although the Delgados have previously ventured into the layered terrain of orchestral pop, their new work is a study in how to construct a three-minute, self-contained piece...