And while most of the men were longtime, passionate Santas looking to hone their skills in hair bleaching, story-telling and sign language, at least a handful, including an aerospace engineer and an accountant, said they were testing out Santa school in part because of slim times, shrunken retirement accounts, or a dearth of work altogether.
Unlike most shore scenes, where clubgoers pick their bar for the night and stay there (maybe because of cover charges, maybe because of slim pickings), people flit between the beach bars, which are close by each other, or take a walk on the beach or Boardwalk for a while and then return.
True, because of slimming down and consolidating, the industry seems on track for its best financial year since the 1990s despite the anemic economy.
This risk was further increased because of slimmer, more distorted, more sclerotic and shorter pedicles in thoracic scoliosis [ 25].
They figured they were given a bye next weekend, the last on the original schedule, because of their slim playoff prospects.
The official would not give details about the terms of the deal, citing privacy issues, but said it was likely that Jeter's lawyers wanted to settle because of the slim prospect of his winning in court.
Since election night, many Democrats contended, Mr. Bush has enjoyed a public-relations edge because of his slim lead in the Florida vote and because the networks briefly but erroneously pronounced him the winner.
(Of the three Republicans, Democrats probably would have chosen John J. Matheussen because of his slim voter base and unpopular anti-abortion credentials, over Mr. Forrester, but that would not have been realistic).
The miso soup — which comes along with the ubiquitous iceberg lettuce and julienned carrot salad as accompaniment to some main dishes — was more deeply flavored than other versions I have had elsewhere, because of the slim slices of shiitake mushroom in the broth.
"In the last 15 to 20 years, there have been virtually no success stories when it comes to plaintiffs suing major studios for copyright infringement," said Aaron Moss, a Los Angeles intellectual-property lawyer who has represented writers in the past, but hasn't taken such a case in a decade because of the slim chances of success.
ZTE has spent the last 20 years aggressively expanding overseas, but often at the cost of profitability because of its slim profit margins as it undercuts European equipment makers in emerging markets such as India.
