When Australia travelled to South Africa in early 1997, they carried the mantle of the world's greatest Test side with them, and eked out an incredibly close 2-1 series victory – set up, in large part, by the epic 385-run stand between Steve Waugh and Greg Blewett in the first Test in Johannesburg.
Cass, on the other hand, has eked up its intake, from 65 in 2007 to 85 this year.
But the Dow Jones Industrial Average eked out a mere 22-point gain on the day of the announcement.Admittedly the data were not uniformly bullish.
In 2008 Mr Begich barely eked out a victory over Ted Stevens, the Republican incumbent, even though Mr Stevens had been convicted of ethics violations just eight days before the election (those convictions were later vacated).Eight senators are retiring or have quit.
He eked out a victory in his home state of Michigan (though Mr Santorum claimed that was thanks to early voting; voters who cast their ballots on election day preferred him).
Morgan Stanley eked out a modest gain.
In its quarterly earnings this week, the firm's revenue declined and it only eked out a small profit because of asset sales.Together, Verizon and MCI are well placed to compete against a combined SBC-AT&T, as America's telecoms market consolidates.
AFTER falling short in 2006, Ollanta Humala eked out a narrow victory in Peru's presidential election on June 5th.
Hitachi eked out a ¥3.5 billion net profit last year and, as recently as May, was hoping to boost its bottom line to ¥40 billion this year.As with Japan itself, Hitachi has continually misread the seriousness of its plight.
Ingenious inventors have eked out the slender USB power supply to run fans, tiny fridges and toy rocket-launchers.The big change next year will be a new USB PD (Power Delivery) standard, which brings much more flexibility and ten times as much oomph: up to 100 watts.
In the end Ms Salgado blinked, offering soft loans to cover half the money the regions must return, and so in effect bumping up the national debt.Some PP-run regional governments have eked out efficiencies, cut investment and merged departments.
