• Huge problems await the next government: social unrest in the oil-producing areas of the Niger Delta, grinding poverty in the north, everywhere a collapse of long-neglected infrastructure, particularly in telecommunications and electricity.

    ECONOMIST: Nigeria��s long road back to democracy

  • The current path is unacceptable--a grinding decline in wealth, living standards and global stature as the dollar withers.

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  • Captain Phil Vickery - who made his England debut as a replacement at the Stade de France 10 years ago - praised his side's dedication in grinding out a confidence-boosting victory.

    BBC: Ashton proud of England display

  • In the late 19th Century, a doctor experimented with grinding peanuts in a hand-operated meat grinder.

    BBC: 7 questions on sandwiches

  • The many writs, threats, injunctions and court cases have become embroiled in slow-grinding legal machinations, been thrown out on technical grounds or failed because foreign firms had not properly registered their designs.

    ECONOMIST: Counterfeit cars in China

  • This raises the question of how he could know what he seems to know, since the 18-year-old has grown up in grinding poverty.

    WSJ: 'Slumdog' Finds Riches in Poor Boy's Tale

  • Even in good times electronics can be a grinding, low-margin business--just ask Sony.

    FORBES: Magazine Article

  • In rare instances, teeth grinding can be a side-effect of antidepressant medicines.

    CNN: What can I do about teeth grinding?

  • From here on, though, the drama deflates, and we are left with the grinding, post-traumatic account of a relationship on the skids, set in a London that feels sickly with rain and spent light.

    NEWYORKER: Enduring Love

  • In Group B Nigeria also failed to shine, grinding out a 0-0 draw with Mozambique - who should have won the game.

    BBC: Egypt and Nigeria in shock draws

  • On the baize, Ebdon can excite with his fine shot-making but exasperate by grinding out results - he took five minutes to make a break of 12 at the Crucible in 2005.

    BBC: Peter Ebdon

  • Kelly knocked down 10 of 14 shots including 7 of 9 3-pointers for the Blue Devils (25-4, 12-4 ACC), who avenged a blowout road loss in January by grinding out a tough win in Cameron Indoor Stadium.

    NPR: Kelly Lifts No. 3 Duke Past No. 5 Miami 79-76

  • In addition to grinding out 60 million pounds of cheese a year, it is the official cheese-curd supplier to the Minnesota State Fair, where about 105, 000 pounds of curds were bought last year.

    WSJ: Extreme Cheeseheads Choke It Down

  • That money has oiled the gears of a banking machine that was grinding to a disastrous halt, lifting worries that euro-zone banks would lose access to funding as they tried in vain to raise money from unwilling investors.

    WSJ: Euro Crisis Clouds Global Outlook

  • But Matthew Broderick, as her husband, a Caspar Milquetoast with a flap of hair falling over his forehead, never seems to get into the movie at all, and, somewhere in the middle, the rusty gothic-horror mechanics underneath the comedy bring everything to a grinding halt.

    NEWYORKER: The Stepford Wives

  • It is insane that a series of cuts that represent only 2.5% of all federal spending and 5% of the budgets of most federal agencies will be allowed -- according to the administration -- to create havoc with airplane flights, bring grinding slowdowns to meat inspections, force an aircraft carrier to stay in port ... the litany goes on.

    CNN: Americans sick of budget soap opera

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