This interpretation of the Bank's mandate may seem a bit of a stretch, but it is prevailing for now.

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Besides, no one knows yet how the government money will be distributed, making it a bit of a stretch for fund firms to argue that investors have been made whole.

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Other music industry reporters have written that the amazing amount of concert footage made it a multi-year task, which seems a bit of a stretch.

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It's a bit of a stretch, considering that these tax-favored vehicles generally own only real estate or loans on real estate.

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"We don't have enough information to make any definitive statement, but it does seem a bit of a stretch" to conclude that Arafat was poisoned by polonium-210, he told CNN in a telephone interview last week.

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"I don't think it's a stretch to say we played a little bit tight early on, " Stricklin said.

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It's still a bit of a stretch, which means your hands will thank you for the extra exercise, but Samsung also manages to alleviate the concern a bit by introducing features that recognize you're not going to be able to use both of your palms at the same time.

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So it feels a bit odd to tell you about yet another stretch for them into the media player market.

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But it is, shall one say, a bit of a stretch to turn his argument for temporary capital controls in a country facing a crisis such as Malaysia's into an argument for massive re-regulation of the world economy.

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The European debt crisis has faded into the background a bit during the home stretch of the U.S. elections, but last week it came back into the headlines.

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