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US Dollar Faces Lineup of Major Event Risk from US Retail Sales, FOMC Minutes British Pound Weakened On Dollar Strength Despite Increase in Factory Gate Prices Risk Appetite Growing Exuberant with Stocks on the Verge of New Highs and the Dollar a New Low US Dollar Ignores Stock Gains, Rallies as Bernanke Says Fed Ready to '' Tighten '' (Euro Open)
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"Tighten our belts" is not a metaphor in Haiti; it refers to the belts or ropes that people bind tightly around their waists in an attempt to dull hunger pangs.
Beverly Bell: Citizen Protests, Government Repression Mount in Haiti Beverly Bell 2010
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"Tighten our belts, we can't take it any more," loudly sang Sainte-Anne and 200 or so others in front of the prime minister's office on October 12.
Beverly Bell: Citizen Protests, Government Repression Mount in Haiti Beverly Bell 2010
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"Tighten our belts, we can't take it any more," loudly sang Sainte-Anne and 200 or so others in front of the prime minister's office on October 12.
Beverly Bell: Citizen Protests, Government Repression Mount in Haiti Beverly Bell 2010
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"Tighten our belts" is not a metaphor in Haiti; it refers to the belts or ropes that people bind tightly around their waists in an attempt to dull hunger pangs.
Beverly Bell: Citizen Protests, Government Repression Mount in Haiti Beverly Bell 2010
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With their seventh album since 2002, the Black Keys seem primed to expand on the breakthrough of their previous release, the Grammy-winning "Brothers," which spawned the duo's first bona fide hit song, "Tighten Up."
The Short List 2011
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U.S. Swap Spreads Tighten The U.S. two-year swap spread, which measures the differential between the two-year swap rate and two-year Treasury yield and is a main gauge of credit risk, was 0.25 basis point tighter, at 30.00 basis points.
Treasurys Take a Tumble Cynthia Lin 2011
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"Tighten our belts, we can't take it any more," loudly sang Sainte-Anne and 200 or so others in front of the prime minister's office on October 12.
Beverly Bell: Citizen Protests, Government Repression Mount in Haiti Beverly Bell 2010
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Tighten each lag bolt down till finished and then lastly, use a level to adjust the window box if necessary.
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"Tighten our belts" is not a metaphor in Haiti; it refers to the belts or ropes that people bind tightly around their waists in an attempt to dull hunger pangs.
Beverly Bell: Citizen Protests, Government Repression Mount in Haiti Beverly Bell 2010
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