There may be plenty of reasons why teams and leagues have trouble with cost control, though weak-kneed management that tends to buckle under these kinds of ultimatums are certainly a big one.
The housing market, though still weak, has hopeful signs: Home builders' sentiment rose to the highest level in nearly five years in February.
Stimulative monetary policy will not cause inflation in a continually weak economy, though it will strengthen a weak economy.
Economic activity in the U.S. picked up in the third quarter, though it remains weak by nearly every measure.
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That, in turn, could have repercussions in Bosnia, where the Bosnian Serbs would rather unite with Serbia proper, at the expense of the unitary Bosnian state, weak though it is.
The new menace is texting, which is not yet banned. (Talking on the phone is, though enforcement is weak.) Since 2004 the city has denied bail to those arrested for drink-driving or hit-and-run accidents, following a case in which an American banker escaped jail despite drunkenly mowing down five policemen.
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True, increased financial trading might make prices more volatile, though the evidence is weak.
The next morning, my fever had subsided, though I still felt weak, not as steady on my feet as before.
U. meeting seemed weak, though, and the FTT received a mixed reception.
Though evidence for it is weak, this idea may or may not be correct.
The Fed minutes are only part of the equation though, as you saw weak earnings in a few key sectors lead to potent sell-offs.
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Though this radiation is too weak to be detected by telescopes, it would be detectable if the LHC did make a tiny black hole.
There is reason to hope that future quarters, though likely to still be weak, will not be nearly as bad as the last six months.
Though the party system is weak in Afghanistan and few senior leaders attended the joint news conference Wednesday, representatives of many groups that issued the statement hold high-level positions in the Afghan government, military and law-enforcement agencies.
"What our unique proprietary technology is able to do is take the poor quality on-camera audio from fan videos, and we analyse that and can see the patterns, even though it's very weak and distorted, " explains Cathal Furey, co-founder of the firm, 45sound.
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Born in Bordeaux, Redon later described himself as a "sad and weak" child, though the resulting isolation and inactivity left him with much time to stare at clouds and nurture the stunning imagination that seemingly grew in him as a muscle.
The third quarter of 2011 marks the seventh consecutive quarter of revenue increases, according to Rockefeller Institute (in the fiscal year through June 2011, states posted their strongest revenue growth figures since 2005), though local government tax revenues are weak due to heavy dependence on property taxes.
It added, though, that the recovery will be weak if governments don't take further action to remove uncertainty from bank balance sheets.
The FOMC also predicted that economic activity will likely be weak for some time, though it noted that financial markets have generally improved and that consumer spending is stabilizing.
Although drugs are routinely subjected to testing by clinical trials before they are approved and recommended, diets typically have very weak evidence behind them even though they likely have a strong influence on health and disease.
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It is not a word for a dramatic shift from an absolute (though relatively gentle) monarchy with a weak consultative assembly to a constitutionally limited monarchy with a strong, sovereign parliament and an elected president who can remove executive branch officials without entreating the king.
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Only 680, 000, though the internal migration data for Africa are weak and therefore a comparative undercount is likely.
Qaddafi-era police, though back on the streets, were too weak to intervene.
Peugeot, in contrast, is weak all around the world, though in Europe it has done much to cut costs, improve manufacturing processes and diversify with new products.
Most likely though, the Administration knew its hand was weak.
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The reality though is we all need new ways to convert weak ties into business.
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Last year, Mazda climbed back into the black, though only just, and this year will be weak as well, with operating earnings expected to come in at 1.1bn yen.
Inflation was a problem then, it is today, and even though capital gains rates are historically low, the weak dollar has made the cost of investing very high on the way to a depressed market for startups.
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There was no weak link among the four host properties, though you do not have to stay at any of them.
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