Word: scrapingly
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...more foreign troops doesn't bode well. Since independence, the nation's standard of living has plunged, despite a period of relative peace in this war-torn region. Inflation is a debilitating 10% per month and the average annual wage is less than $100; skilled professionals like doctors scrape by on $15 a month. Now Uzbeks have reason to be increasingly worried: three days after the U.S. began its strikes on Afghanistan, the leader of the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan, Tahir Yuldash, announced that his fighters and the Taliban would launch a jihad against the "puppet government" of Uzbekistan. Says...
...Nirvana catalog, and that lawsuit looks as if it will prevent a Nevermind box set from being released this year. Such high- stakes legal brawls are worlds away from the scene profiled in "Our Band Could Be Your Life," in which SST, the most influential of indie labels, could scrape by despite its "stoner administrative quality," as Sonic Youth's Lee Ranaldo puts it; and, as Bob Bert alleges in one story, Sonic Youth could absent-mindedly sign contracts with two labels for the same songs. As Cyndi Lauper once observed, money changes everything...
...failed. When Washington retired, the election of 1796 became the first between two parties, with Jefferson leading what was then known as the Republicans and Adams the unenthusiastic choice of the Federalists. Indeed, it was only because of the advent of party politics, and the Federalists' ability to scrape together enough electors one last time, that Adams was able to win his single term...
...exhibit even reveals a Mondrian strapped for time, as close microscopic investigation reveals flecks of paint he missed in his efforts to scrape away a color. The exhibit reveals when Mondrian painted on wet surfaces and when he had the time to delicately restretch his canvases...
...this meeting, because their positions seem so intractable. Clearly they reached the agreement last week because both sides want to pound on the tables this week and show how tough they are. I think it's highly unlikely the Chinese would return the airplane before they could scrape every last bit of intelligence out of it. And I don't think the U.S. could make any promises on backing out of surveillance flights...