Word: pinched
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...Whenever we get into a pinch," Papailias said, "we pray to St. Stephen. And St. Stephen came through for us again...
...ever be easy to hurry by the homeless when it's cold and dark, to avert your eyes when your own wallet is feeling the pinch of attending a high-priced university? How can we walk by, perhaps feeling guilty, but able to forget the incident a few short hours later...
...Year dawned, Mexico was bracing itself for a painful reality. Jan. 1 marked the start of the Pact for Economic Stabilization and Growth, the latest package of wage and price controls intended to help keep Mexico's inflation rate below 20%. But it will probably pinch workers, whose real earnings have fallen steadily since 1982, and add further stress to an economy already staggering under more than $100 billion in foreign debt...
...pinch, if low-key pressure fails, Harvard lobbyists "can put out a P.R. campaign that can cost a few thousand dollars," says Ole Anderson, director of the Cambridge Committee for Responsible Research, an animal rights group...
...effects of such insipid politicking have been obvious and immediate. The stock market has fallen more than 50 points since election day, as investors are unsure if the President-elect even has a policy to deal with the deficit. I must pinch myself to believe that throughout 12 months of the campaign, we did not force Bush to enunciate an economic and fiscal policy, or even, apparently, to think very seriously about one. Perhaps he'll find one in a fish belly while he's in Florida this week...