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When I see people leaving food outside their home, it brings a tear to my eye. The level of generosity people have in this community, it just replenishes your heart in a way, the working poor is everyone – youth to teens to college to elderly on tight budgets – it’s just really nice to see [the participation.]. – Candace Owen	Found on FOX News 6 years ago
The price move today is probably based off Iran and the tight oil supply market that we already have, the margin for error right now is just so low in the oil market that you can't just take supply off the market. – Rob Thummel	Found on Reuters 6 years ago
I was very surprised by how big the rise is and how consistent it is over the years, the statistics are phenomenally tight. – Alasdair Philips	Found on CNN 6 years ago
If you consume a lot of sodium, your rings might get tight. – Sonya Angelone	Found on CNN 6 years ago
Awful news pours in when you work at a news station, but this is the first to hit home, my [Tennis Canada] family lost one of its brightest lights [and] biggest hearts in Anne Marie D’Amico. I’m devastated for her family … a big, loving, tight-knit group. No words for this tragedy. – Danielle Michaud	Found on FOX News 6 years ago
We will need to thread this one real tight! Thanks Nancy! – Richard Yamada	Found on Reuters 6 years ago
In this setting, the federal funds rate does not need to be increased as much above its neutral setting as in the past when trend inflation needed to be taken down several notches, gradual policy increases in this context make sense—certainly as a way to limit the damage if policy ever actually becomes overly tight too soon. – Chicago Fed President Charles Evans	Found on Reuters 6 years ago
1st 90 days, 1st 365 days, & in the 5th year; an entrepreneur needs to have a very tight grip from day 1 on what all must be done to build a start-up – Sandeep Aggarwal	added by letsdroomer 6 years ago
When I go to the circus and there’s a guy in a cage with 12 tigers, there’s always a chance that one of the tigers didn’t get the message, when you see a guy on a tight wire, you know that there may be a second you witness a tragedy. I always wanted that in our show: What they’re seeing could be the last night of Alice Cooper. – Alice Cooper	Found on FOX News 6 years ago
There’s not much consumers can do, police don’t have time, the FBI won’t care unless it’s a lot of money or kids involved and then they are overwhelmed. The best you can do is put credit freeze and a hold on things and hold on tight. This is going to get worse. – Chris Roberts	Found on FOX News 6 years ago
That’s the frustrating thing about this case, it’s been solvable from the beginning. We had witnesses, we had a real tight solid timeline, we had a full DNA profile from the beginning. Thousands of tips, you would have thought the case would have been solved by now. – Jim Allen	Found on FOX News 6 years ago
Isle of Wight County, it is a great place to live, to work, to raise kids, this is a small, tight-knight community. We are an oasis… We don’t have a lot of murders. When something like this happens, especially when it goes unsolved for this long, it does shake the foundation a little bit. People want to know if someone’s trying to take advantage of our quiet way of life here. The field had to have been known by somebody… It kind of reminds people this can happen here. This kind of gruesome crime, it can happen in our backyards. – Tommy Potter	Found on FOX News 6 years ago
We were as close as we could be, as tight as we could be, that’s what we were. We ’d get together on Christmases, on holidays, on birthdays, on Thanksgivings. It was always somewhere, even though we lived in different parts of [ Los Angeles ], we still all got together. i don’t know if she gets to invite who she wants. But she ’ll reach out if she wants me there, she ’ll call me. – The Oregon resident	Found on FOX News 6 years ago
The Ministry of Interior raised the threat level after the Bataclan (theater) attack in Paris to two. Level two means there could potentially, even probably, be an attack, so all our activities correspond to that level two of security. That means tight control of all subway stations, railway stations and airports. Also, the use of the military for surveillance, to back up the police. – Massimo Improta	Found on FOX News 6 years ago
We were very much on a tight budget. – Joss Whedon	Found on FOX News 6 years ago
I had a patient who developed a clot after spending long periods of time in tight spaces. – Pamela Burgwinkle	Found on FOX News 6 years ago
In this area here we have above 1,000 people, and the place is very tight for them, a few people can't even find a place to sleep, and we're missing a lot of stuff for the migrants, like clothes, covers, pillows, slippers, all that stuff. – Anes Alazabi	Found on CNN 6 years ago
I started scratching her face and everything and grabbed her blouse, and I held on real tight to her blouse and I wasn't going to let her go. – Police Department/FOX	Found on FOX News 6 years ago
It's a tight situation, there will be very close monitoring to make sure they are delivered. – Christophe Dubi	Found on Reuters 6 years ago
It’s great that we had the ability and the wisdom to reinvent our relationship, all those years weren’t for nothing. We’re very tight. We’re best friends. – Fran Drescher	Found on FOX News 6 years ago
In the May minutes, 'a couple' of participants worried that tight labor-market conditions could pose an inflationary risk, while 'several others' saw a downside risk for inflation, we will look for any shift between those two concerns. – Kevin Harris	Found on Reuters 6 years ago
What more crime can a woman commit by suffocating her sensuous body behind the tight dress. Stay Nude, Breathe Life! – RAMANA PEMMARAJU	added by Ramana Pemmaraju 6 years ago
We are a tight-knit community here. We don't want a protest because we want justice, but if Roy Oliver is cleared, the community will stand up and rally. – Sarah Evans	Found on CNN 7 years ago
Money was tight and we were just trying to get it back and a little too late though. – Joseph Baucom	Found on FOX News 7 years ago

When I see people leaving food outside their home, it brings a tear to my eye. The level of generosity people have in this community, it just replenishes your heart in a way, the working poor is everyone – youth to teens to college to elderly on tight budgets – it’s just really nice to see [the participation.].

– Candace Owen

Found on FOX News
6 years ago

The price move today is probably based off Iran and the tight oil supply market that we already have, the margin for error right now is just so low in the oil market that you can't just take supply off the market.

– Rob Thummel

Found on Reuters
6 years ago

I was very surprised by how big the rise is and how consistent it is over the years, the statistics are phenomenally tight.

– Alasdair Philips

Found on CNN
6 years ago

If you consume a lot of sodium, your rings might get tight.

– Sonya Angelone

Found on CNN
6 years ago

Awful news pours in when you work at a news station, but this is the first to hit home, my [Tennis Canada] family lost one of its brightest lights [and] biggest hearts in Anne Marie D’Amico. I’m devastated for her family … a big, loving, tight-knit group. No words for this tragedy.

– Danielle Michaud

Found on FOX News
6 years ago

We will need to thread this one real tight! Thanks Nancy!

– Richard Yamada

Found on Reuters
6 years ago

In this setting, the federal funds rate does not need to be increased as much above its neutral setting as in the past when trend inflation needed to be taken down several notches, gradual policy increases in this context make sense—certainly as a way to limit the damage if policy ever actually becomes overly tight too soon.

– Chicago Fed President Charles Evans

Found on Reuters
6 years ago

1st 90 days, 1st 365 days, & in the 5th year; an entrepreneur needs to have a very tight grip from day 1 on what all must be done to build a start-up

– Sandeep Aggarwal

added by letsdroomer
6 years ago

When I go to the circus and there’s a guy in a cage with 12 tigers, there’s always a chance that one of the tigers didn’t get the message, when you see a guy on a tight wire, you know that there may be a second you witness a tragedy. I always wanted that in our show: What they’re seeing could be the last night of Alice Cooper.

– Alice Cooper

Found on FOX News
6 years ago

There’s not much consumers can do, police don’t have time, the FBI won’t care unless it’s a lot of money or kids involved and then they are overwhelmed. The best you can do is put credit freeze and a hold on things and hold on tight. This is going to get worse.

– Chris Roberts

Found on FOX News
6 years ago

That’s the frustrating thing about this case, it’s been solvable from the beginning. We had witnesses, we had a real tight solid timeline, we had a full DNA profile from the beginning. Thousands of tips, you would have thought the case would have been solved by now.

– Jim Allen

Found on FOX News
6 years ago

Isle of Wight County, it is a great place to live, to work, to raise kids, this is a small, tight-knight community. We are an oasis… We don’t have a lot of murders. When something like this happens, especially when it goes unsolved for this long, it does shake the foundation a little bit. People want to know if someone’s trying to take advantage of our quiet way of life here. The field had to have been known by somebody… It kind of reminds people this can happen here. This kind of gruesome crime, it can happen in our backyards.

– Tommy Potter

Found on FOX News
6 years ago

We were as close as we could be, as tight as we could be, that’s what we were. We ’d get together on Christmases, on holidays, on birthdays, on Thanksgivings. It was always somewhere, even though we lived in different parts of [ Los Angeles ], we still all got together. i don’t know if she gets to invite who she wants. But she ’ll reach out if she wants me there, she ’ll call me.

– The Oregon resident

Found on FOX News
6 years ago

The Ministry of Interior raised the threat level after the Bataclan (theater) attack in Paris to two. Level two means there could potentially, even probably, be an attack, so all our activities correspond to that level two of security. That means tight control of all subway stations, railway stations and airports. Also, the use of the military for surveillance, to back up the police.

– Massimo Improta

Found on FOX News
6 years ago

We were very much on a tight budget.

– Joss Whedon

Found on FOX News
6 years ago

I had a patient who developed a clot after spending long periods of time in tight spaces.

– Pamela Burgwinkle

Found on FOX News
6 years ago

In this area here we have above 1,000 people, and the place is very tight for them, a few people can't even find a place to sleep, and we're missing a lot of stuff for the migrants, like clothes, covers, pillows, slippers, all that stuff.

– Anes Alazabi

Found on CNN
6 years ago

I started scratching her face and everything and grabbed her blouse, and I held on real tight to her blouse and I wasn't going to let her go.

– Police Department/FOX

Found on FOX News
6 years ago

It's a tight situation, there will be very close monitoring to make sure they are delivered.

– Christophe Dubi

Found on Reuters
6 years ago

It’s great that we had the ability and the wisdom to reinvent our relationship, all those years weren’t for nothing. We’re very tight. We’re best friends.

– Fran Drescher

Found on FOX News
6 years ago

In the May minutes, 'a couple' of participants worried that tight labor-market conditions could pose an inflationary risk, while 'several others' saw a downside risk for inflation, we will look for any shift between those two concerns.

– Kevin Harris

Found on Reuters
6 years ago

What more crime can a woman commit by suffocating her sensuous body behind the tight dress. Stay Nude, Breathe Life!

– RAMANA PEMMARAJU

added by Ramana Pemmaraju
6 years ago

We are a tight-knit community here. We don't want a protest because we want justice, but if Roy Oliver is cleared, the community will stand up and rally.

– Sarah Evans

Found on CNN
7 years ago

Money was tight and we were just trying to get it back and a little too late though.

– Joseph Baucom

Found on FOX News
7 years ago

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