"Once anybody tries to lean on it, and particularly if people try to lean on it from different directions, I think it gets into bother, " he said.
This Columbus Day, the Italian-American groups that traditionally lay a wreath at the base of the monument can lean it against a purple sofa in Mr. Nishi's ersatz living room.
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Lean forward, it goes forward, lean back, it stops (or goes in reverse if you lean back far enough).
He keeps Thor's headquarters as lean as it was when the company was struggling to keep Airstream rolling.
The Huffington Post reported earlier this week that iPhones were sold out at Apple's New York stores, hinting that the company may be trying to keep supplies of its current generation lean as it prepares to add a new handset to the mix.
For those unfamiliar with the concepts of a lean startup, it was originally proposed in 2008 by Eric Ries.
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"We're a pretty lean organization as it is, " Ford told The Associated Press.
And it could be argued that Cornhill Insurance received little return for its patient support of England's cricketers during the leanest of lean spells - it gave up in December after 22 years.
Although Poynter provides a vital financial cushion during lean times, it can't do anything about external forces beyond its control, such as the proliferation of new Web-based news platforms or the consolidation of department-store chains, which has hurt advertising revenues.
The U.K. may lean this way because it could be in need of bailout assistance, too.
If you like your charities lean and inspiring, it's hard to top Surgical Eye Expeditions International.
British Green MEP Keith Taylor said it could lean to improved planning and surveillance of the EU's waters.
Mr. McLemore says he tries to run a lean operation, so it's against his instincts to make such large purchases.
Dropbox stayed lean, which enabled it to sail through the meltdown.
As for enforcement of this potential government mandate, the dossier posits that it could lean on internet service providers instead of hosting services, which according to EU law, can't be forced to conduct widespread surveillance.
The question is whether it is too lean to accommodate such a shift in the industry.
Still, they appear capricious, raising their target after a period of strong stockmarket returns and lowering it during the lean years.
It is a lean meat and I'm told used to be widely used overseas to build the strength of patients who were convalescing.
To this end, it has introduced lean manufacturing techniques in its Seattle factories, even bringing in a moving conveyor line to streamline aircraft assembly.
Hotel revenue fell sharply in Scotland in September, prompting fears that more tourism businesses will struggle to make it through the lean winter months.
It continued a lean streak for the opener, but replays suggest the ball did not make contact with the bat and instead rebounded off his pad.
"A majority of scientists lean toward the theory that it was a collision from a large interplanetary body, " said Professor Valeri Shuvalov of the Russian Institute of Geosphere Dynamics.
"As we add work, we'll be adding people because we've got the thing down to as lean as we can get it now, " said Steven Meitzen, Clairson's director of sales and marketing.
Their meat is lower in saturated fat, cholesterol, and calories than grain-finished. (Because it is quite lean, cook rare to medium-rare for juiciness.) Grass-fed beef has a distinct flavor, often described as bold, complex, and gamy.
Next step: Get people who tried his salsa to lean on grocery stores to stock it.
The U.S. corporation still leads the way when it comes to running lean and mean.
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