The U.S. Postal Service anticipates having only five days of operating cash on hand after making its annual workers' compensation payment in October, leaving the agency with slim reserves in the event of an unforeseen downturn.
Banks, on the other hand, need to keep only the slimmest of reserves, because they are backstopped by a central bank with the power to create all the reserves necessary for its member banks, as well as by Congress and the taxpayers themselves, who have been arm-twisted into repeated bailouts of the Wall Street behemoths.
Mr. Vicente, who also had a home in New York City, was tall and slim with a reserved, patrician manner.
Jennifer Lafferty, slim and more reserved than the others, could be the younger sister, while Sandy Tillett, who prepares and serves the food, is the maternal figure.
Options on the table include reducing the number of deployed strategic warheads, slimming down the reserve stockpile, cutting military stores of fissile material available for making new warheads, and putting off some modernisation plans, including the a controversial air force programme for developing an air-launched cruise missile.
Sitting on slim cushions of capital reserves, European banks are in no shape for a sharp drop in the value of their assets.
Putting aside the painted-on glam-rock silver lamé pants or the more reserved slim-cut flared leather option, the ubiquitous fur pieces and the bottom-freezing mini skirts, what remained was the fascinating way Mr. Capasa mastered his materials.
For the last - a slim metal briefcase - I reserved my most traditional of tools: leather bound notebooks, handcrafted fountain pens and Apple's iPhone 6. Released last September, this versatile gadget features an enhanced iOS8 operating system which allows seamless integration between the phone and all my Apple devices.
Considering the risk of a failed endotracheal intubation, direct laryngoscopy should be reserved for selected slim patients with good surface anatomy of the neck, where urgent cricothyroidotomy or tracheotomy is feasible when necessary, and an ear, nose, and throat specialist is ready to perform the surgical airway.
The chances that the Reagan urging will cause the Reserve to shift gears range from slim to none, most observers believe.
