Word: tightness
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...themselves stretched to make their payments as revenues slump. "If I were 30, starting out with loans to reimburse, I'd be in big trouble," says Bonduel, relieved that most of his clients are residents of his restaurant's affluent neighborhood. "I'm fortunate things for me are only tight, rather than untenable." - by Bruce Crumley...
...always boo La Marseillaise, just for the fun of watching the tight-asses wig out," says a 38 year-old, long-time, lilywhite French football fan who asked to be identified only as 'Foot-ex' in order to avoid any retribution. "It's harmless, but effective. Just look at the reaction today. You'd have thought the economic crisis had gone away...
...Stamatis said. “We are still not in a place where we are really dominating whole games and are putting teams under pressure consistently, but we are getting there.”The Crimson has now kept its opponent scoreless in its last two games, and the tight defensive effort was instrumental in gaining the win Saturday. Freshman keeper Austin Harms made a couple of crucial saves, including one right before half on a shot that would have evened the score. Harms started his first match for the team last weekend against Yale and has now kept...
...Reid to Obama's team. Given how deeply unpopular Congress is, trying to present himself as a positive vote for divided government makes sense. But why did he wait until he was so close to the finish line to try it? And how will his fellow congressional Republicans running tight races take to being thrown under the bus like that...
...monk did he receive his bishop's blessing to take the next step. He moved out of the hectic life at the main monastery, where Lebanese monks enjoy their mobile phones and Mercedes Benz cars, and into the silence of the valley. Now, he spends his days on a tight schedule: 14 hours of prayer, 3 hours working in the vegetable garden, 2 hours studying mystical texts, and 5 hours sleeping on a wooden board with a stone under his head. "At the beginning it is difficult," he said, "But now I can't sleep with a pillow...