It is an incredible turnaround for an industry that looked to be on the ropes.
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President Barack Obama appeared to be on the ropes after the beating his party took in November and his under 50% approval rating.
Thompson, whose campaign seemed to be on the ropes, had said he needed a strong showing in South Carolina to revitalize his prospects.
President George W. Bush wants the American business community to know that while capitalism may be on the ropes, it's certainly not out for the count.
Maybe no one could have predicted that Santorum would be the guy who could actually take the nomination from Romney, but no one should be surprised that Romney is on the ropes.
It's not hard to imagine that a sizeable number of people who either wanted that to be the case or feared that it might be the case, at polar opposites, got the impression the law was really on the ropes and might be disappearing soon.
Just as Martinez was relentless in his ferocity, so Burns refused to be subdued, at times absorbing punches on the ropes, then spinning his attacker and sending him back with a flurry of his own.
You know, the strategy had appeared to be a sort of rope-a-dope strategy in which Gonzales was on the ropes taking punches from his critics day after day until they would finally exhaust themselves.
Once someone gives you an opportunity then make it worth their while: show up to work on time, be enthusiastic, be independent, learn the ropes.
And they will be disappointed not to have extended their run having had Middlesex on the ropes at 78-5 on Friday afternoon.
But with the likes of world number one Annika Sorenstam in her side, and thousands of their compatriots cheering them on from behind the ropes, I would not be at all surprised if Alfredsson's army spring a surprise come 2007.
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