Senior citizens on Social Security who are just hanging on by a thread.

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There are folks who are just barely hanging on by a thread, too many folks losing their homes, too many folks out of work.

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"Mitsubishi is hanging on by a thread, " says Champion.

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This would not only do untold damage to the prospects of success for Obamacare, it could prove to be the final nail in the coffin for a union movement already hanging on by a thread.

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His right ear is hanging on only by a small thread of skin.

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Bayern now face Maccabi Haifa in the Champions League on Wednesday with their qualification hopes hanging by a thread and van Gaal under more pressure.

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Yet the game looked to be heading for a stalemate until the 90th minute when Cesar failed to hold Robben's 20-yard strike and Gomez capitalised, leaving Inter's grasp on the Champions League crown they won last May hanging by a thread.

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