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...difficult. Parag Y. Shah '02 described day trading as "playing basketball with one arm. You don't have the tools to compete with [big firms], and you have to be right so much of the time." Everyone agreed that it was a huge time commitment and a mental strain. "You just have to hope that one company will carry you," Wu said...
...muscle strain...
...strain of alcoholism has at times proved too much for him. Taylor says he has been on and off alcohol since his marriage...
...defeat, he was so agitated by delays and a technical glitch that piped a celebratory George Bush into his earpiece he threatened to walk out of the interview. He quickly apologized, but it was a rare slippage for a candidate who admonishes his staff to "keep a steady strain...
...past the qualifying round of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire, take out a loan and spend anyway--as though you never even needed a lifeline. Trouble is, many of us do need a lifeline desperately. Consumers are up to their eyeballs in debt, and the strain shows. Personal bankruptcies, credit-card debt in default and installment loans more than 60 days past due are all at record highs...