But his remarks, seized on by the president's Democratic rivals, leave the president in a tight spot.
The government's resistance to price increases leaves consumer-product companies in a tight spot.
It is when politicians are in a tight spot that a barrage of ridicule can help to bring them down.
But incidents in Okinawa serve to further entrench local opposition to the base relocation plan, leaving Mr Abe in a tight spot.
The Lebanese government might find itself in a tight spot if there is proof that the three men are linked to Hezbollah.
It also puts FirstGroup in a tight spot shares swiftly plummeted by 20%.
Then, last December, Mrs Lincoln abruptly found herself in a tight spot, wavering so chronically over health reform that liberals decried her lack of guts, conservatives marked her as vulnerable and independents searched for an alternative.
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Lehman Brothers economist Drew Matus thinks the Fed is in a tight spot as it heads toward its August meeting, as slowing economic growth coincides with an inflation level that's outside Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke's comfort zone.
We already are seeing some early efforts to make this happen, such as built-in navigational systems, Bluetooth devices for hands-free phone calls and stream music, and sensors and cameras that help a driver park in a tight spot.
He told us right up front that he felt he was just too old and too nervous to go out on patrol and that, because of his nerves, we couldn't depend on him if we got in a tight spot.
The analysis by Ricardo and Bernstein shows the carmakers are in a tight spot: given motorists' aversion to the cost of electrics and hybrids, the quickest route towards meeting the deadlines for cutting emissions is to invest heavily in cleaning up their petrol and diesel cars.
The man can reel off 98 mile-per-hour fastballs at the letters at will when he's in a tight spot, and so watching him nick corners and change speeds is like watching Carmelo Anthony pass and set picks: not what you're paying for and totally beside the point.
This reality puts Japan in a tight and uncomfortable spot as the U.S. indulges the dangerous pretensions of third tier actors in Southeast Asia.
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Sinn Fein have made the best of a tight spot in propaganda terms.
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