The DOD budgeteers... apparently reason that a smaller GDP requires belt-tightening.
Entertainment Weekly's Chris Willman wrote that Wainwright's "delicate upper range is nicely attuned to some of the ballads, but anything that requires belting is pretty much a loss".
I've got to let it go or I'll never be happy.' " Living on one regular salary (money from the eight books she's written since she left her staff job comes in "dribs and drabs" from advances and royalty payments, she said) required belt tightening — fewer new clothes, no new car.
This sad state of affairs -- so the common version of the story goes -- is the consequence of economic hard-times, which require belt tightening and budget cuts.
Citing the global economic downturn and the rising cost of oil, Mr. Castro said Cuba and other countries in the developing world face severe challenges that would require belt-tightening and patience.
On the seat-belt issue, Washington has used a carrot-and-stick approach, but decisions on whether to require belts, and whether to let officers pull over motorists who they can see aren't wearing belts, are up to the states.
A customer at a concrete plant might have a gravel conveyor that requires a belt measuring 2.5 feet wide by 200 feet long.
Bellmore is one of the districts that requires seat belts to be worn.
But even with catchy jingles, voluntary use of seat belts fell short, so every state except New Hampshire passed laws requiring seat belt use — "click it or ticket".
Traditionally, the female belt range extended to C5, but in current rock/pop Broadway productions, women are often required to belt up to an F5.
Belt drive turntables can require maintenance (belts occasionally wear out), and they can be less precise, causing speed variations heard as wow and flutter.
