As a result, he said, "We have to tighten out budgets.
They are banning bake sales that are used by parent groups and student teams and clubs to fund activities at a time when Mayor Moneybags is cutting school budgets and demanding that we mortals tighten out belts.
Some had drawstrings at the top that could be tightened to keep out the wind.
"They ran it out, they spread us out, tightened up a little bit, threw those screens out to get yards, made us miss tackles, made big plays in the first half, had a couple of double moves and threw it over our head".
The market also turned a blind eye to further evidence that the monetary tightening carried out by the Bank of England and the European Central Bank was beginning to make itself felt, reducing the likelihood of further interest rates rises.
[C2.] Fears of Hard Landing Rattle Tokyo As Japan's markets veered down, investors bailed out, tightened their belts or begged the government to avoid a hard landing.
With belts firmly tightened, Americans sought out more bargains and cheaper goods in July, leaving the nation's retailers bracing for a painful back-to-school shopping season.
As Tokyo markets veered down yet again today, investors bailed out, tightened their safety belts or begged the government to avoid the dreaded "hard landing" of bankruptcies and unemployment.
But records are not made that way, I tightened up and out of the corner of my eye I could feel the field coming up and then just like a flash it all came back.
That's welcome to we bloggers who, at the end of the day, require the work of three Swedish Bloggirls to get our tightened necks worked out so we can sleep.
