But the Texas government was already a relatively lean operation after years of conservative fiscal policies.
S4C has warned that it runs a relatively lean business, meaning that any cuts would immediately hit its programming spend.
The meat, a relatively lean Italian pork belly, is cured with salt and spices, especially black pepper.
But sadly the offbeat actor's nuanced, ultimately heartbreaking work, even in a relatively lean year for lead actors, wasn't enough.
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Facing a $7.4 billion deficit this year, the governor is presenting a relatively lean budget by the standards of a state government accustomed to unrestrained spending.
Mr. Barak, leader of the Labor Party and a general turned peacemaker, brought the smallest delegation, a relatively lean, mean team of mostly military men and center-left politicians like himself.
The victory was Federer's first since he won the season-opening event in Doha during January in what has been a relatively lean year for the 30-year-old former world No1.
| Even as Nomura has been buffeted by the broad market forces that have affected other banks, the Japanese firm, which already runs a relatively lean operation, cannot easily cut as many jobs as its rivals, Reuters BreakingViews writes.
They perfected the formula on their last two records: the first, an ambitious double-disk concept record about the rise and fall of a Skynyrd-like band ("Southern Rock Opera," from 2001); the second, a relatively lean set of songs that many critics hailed as one of the best records of last year ("Decoration Day").
