On May 4th Olympic's future looked even bleaker when limp-wristed managers caved in to the pilots.
Tory MP Robert Halfon, who has been campaigning for cuts to fuel duty and greater transparency, attacked the OFT's inquiry as "limp-wristed and lettuce-like".
He tends to treat people he considers fools (of whom there are quite a few) ungladly, and chastises fellow Swedes for what he sees as their limp-wristedness.
The worries have been fueled by limp stock-market debuts of such companies as Facebook and Zynga Inc.
Mustering barely a shot on target worthy of the name, Barcelona's limp display -- with Lionel Messi's impact wholly minimized by some efficient defending -- must have made Roura, 45, wish he could never return to the San Siro in a competitive capacity again.
Houllier will want to forget a first half that saw his side struggle to settle and Gabriel Agbonlahor limp off after half-an-hour.
And it will banish the painful memories of their last visit to France, which saw them limp to an 18-15 loss to Castres last December.
The visitors struck first after the break as Tindall's half-break set Balshaw free and Barkley converted, but they saw full-back Morgan limp off in the 44th minute.
By some estimates, over 500 rules must be adopted by various agencies over the next two years in order to bring the limp body of the Dodd-Frank Act, in its voluminous 2, 000 pages, to life.
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During the rearguard action goalscorer Collins fell awkwardly and was forced to limp off a minute before half-time, to be replaced by Craig Morgan.
It is paradoxical that the press calls for revalidation of doctors, who usually have had to complete at least 14 years of highly selective training and repeated, tough postgraduate exams, and yet allows health-service management to limp along undetected.
More muscle leads to a higher calorie-burn -- essential when your metabolism decides to limp along.
In March 2008, Karen was working out in the gym at UNC-Asheville when her left arm went limp.
Both duos are bent on cutting into the blockbuster franchise of Pfizer's (nyse: PFE - news - people ) Viagra by offering limp lotharios a better chance at romance with drugs that the makers claim kick in faster and last longer.
As negotiations on changing the terms of the Greek rescue limp on, there remains a widespread presumption that Germany - the eurozone's paymaster - would always have too much to lose from the collapse of the currency union to allow it to collapse.
So the government could limp on for months, with two years of its five-year term still to go.
Benitez has a number of injury worries in defence and saw Jamie Carragher limp off in the first half of Saturday's 2-1 friendly defeat by Atletico Madrid.
Italy's Juventus is steaming towards an undefeated season and the electrifying Borussia Dortmund has clinched the German Bundesliga, England's limp contenders are giving fans plenty of fuel for their well-oiled anxiety machine.
And after a limp Villa display on the pitch, the manager's post-match confession of affection for his former team served to fuel the ire of some supporters.
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Four years ago they won an important toss in a must-win match against South Africa in Barbados only to limp to 154 in 38 overs, and were heavily beaten.
The Gophers started the season 15-1, then lost 11 of their final 16 to limp into the NCAA tournament.
At a time when the Spanish superclubs Barcelona and Real Madrid are amassing points at an unprecedented rate, Italy's Juventus is steaming toward an undefeated season and the electrifying Borussia Dortmund has clinched the German Bundesliga, England's limp contenders are providing English fans with plenty of fuel for their well-oiled anxiety machine.
Which is why, on 26 November - 50 years on - we, the German survivors, will march, waddle, limp or roll in wheelchairs from the Brandenburg Gate to the Federal Chancellery in Berlin.
At the other end of the spectrum, the hyper-articulate, hypomanic Michel Chapoutier, who walks with a pronounced limp because he was too busy to get a broken leg set some years ago, makes big, rich, heavily oak-influenced wines that can outmuscle Guigal's.
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The injury-hit reigning champions, who started the game without six first-team players, saw the returning Rob Burrow and Lee Smith limp off as their hopes of earning a fourth straight Super League crown took another blow with an eighth defeat of the season.
The fly-half popped an inside pass for centre Bishop, who brushed off limp challenges from George Chuter and Goode before diving over for the first try of the game.
Most annoying of all is the lack of a conclusion: the book ends with a garbled account of the downfall of Margaret Thatcher and the limp observation that the 1980s were by far the most interesting part of the post-war era.
But even with his limp, Plank always seems to be leaning forward as he moves, like the special-teams football player he once was, looking for a target to hit.
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