And the result could be either a delight (or a bit of a fright).
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They are not asking for a bit more income or a bit more services from the government.
Which is likely to do more: buying a lot from a few big banks, or a bit from everyone?
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Is there a desire to not be compared, or a bit of both?
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That will require broader, more painful measures in the medium term: higher taxes for all, tougher spending cuts, or a bit of both.
As we are growing maybe at 1%, or a bit more, then subtracting the 1% from the minus 4% gives us a minus 3%.
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Every now and then, a critical connection or a bit of information you really care about is mixed in with the heaps of regurgitated hogwash.
My dearly departed 1967 Ford's 390 V-8 consumed two starters in about 120, 000 miles so I'd say you are doing about average or a bit better.
It has already proved helpful for parents, teachers and in business, where people talk about being a bit "Top Left" or a bit definitely "Top Right Today".
Instead, the accrual rate applies to existing salary and is then uprated by CPI inflation for civil servants or a bit better than that for teachers and NHS staff.
How markets close on Friday (near their weekly highs or weekly lows) could be a harbinger of price action in the particular market for the coming weeks, or a bit longer.
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But there are plenty of other authors who are a bit more careful or a bit more low key, and they will likely stay below the radar even of committed investigators like Duns.
My summary insight from studying hundreds of years of all types of manias and panics is simply that bubbles always burst, and then they go back to where they started or a bit lower.
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It looks like those that bought a Seagate hard drive in the past few years could possibly be in store for a few freebies or a bit of cash, at least if a proposed class action settlement goes ahead.
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Sometimes it fluctuates to a little bit more or a little bit less.
"For every few really good outings you have one day when they wake up a bit tired or with a bit less concentration, " he said.
To use a different metaphor, the Federal Reserve is like the team captain on a bobsleigh, he or she can turn the sleigh left or right a bit or put on and release the brakes, but he or she cannot make the sleigh go uphill.
And the reason is, when you give a family farmer, or you give a construction worker, or you give a receptionist, or you give a nurse or a teacher a little bit more money in their pockets, what do they do?
Because any leverage ratio is being seen - in Basel and Westminster - as a backstop, or only a bit of background insurance in case the Basel rules prove inadequate yet again.
So when IBM announces second-quarter earnings Thursday, ahead of other tech giants like Cisco Systems, Hewlett-Packard and EMC, the results will either confirm a gloomy quarter or offer a bit of contrarian optimism.
Happily, though, Synaptics says that's something it's able to fine-tune, depending on whether a PC maker wants a firmer keyboard or something a bit softer. (We say the market has enough flat, lifeless Ultrabook keyboards, but that's just us.) In any case, we hope to test a more polished keyboard sometime later -- one that has all those additional touch-sensitive features enabled.
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Development economists have long surmised that some very poor people may remain trapped in poverty because even the largest investments they are able to make, whether eating a few more calories or working a bit harder on their minuscule businesses, are too small to make a big difference.
Yes, even a side Tupperware business, or a little consulting gig, or do a bit of wedding photography.
Order a simple Famous Frankie, or get a bit international with their Irish hot dog, served with bacon.
Personalised plates are regularly used in films and television series to hint that a character is a braggart or an egomaniac or just a bit desperate for attention.
The lodge has a well-equipped campsite, or for a bit more luxury, open-fronted eco-chalets cling to the hillsides providing outstanding morning views.
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