In his lap rested a battered leather briefcase from which more papers stuck up like pale, petrified flames.

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And more to the point, he stuck to it, even when by 1998 the budget was turning up bigger surpluses, at least on paper, than had ever been expected.

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And when rates go up, you are stuck earning less in interest than you could if you had more flexibility.

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And just when they need more from you, you're stuck with falling revenues, leaving you with impossible choices that keep mounting up -- putting projects on hold or having to furlough key employees.

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More common are instances of people getting stuck with a housing arrangement that is not in truth quite what it was cracked up to be online.

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