Although these small operators charge quite steep prices, even poor households scrape together the money rather than live in the dark.

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Thousands of excited teenyboppers scrape together their hard-earned cash to get there.

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Mr Michael claims, with justification, that he can scrape together enough matching funds to qualify for euro-subsidies in the coming financial year.

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He decides to protect them, for money that the families scrape together.

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This time the liberal Free Democrats, who managed only 4.4% before, may just scrape together the minimum 5% needed to win seats in parliament.

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Aspiring owners continue to find it tough to scrape together the money to buy a franchise, and many chains are responding with discount offers.

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That's a windfall for Hope's owners, the Liu family, who once had to sell their watches and bicycles to scrape together enough money to raise quail.

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My parents never once questioned the practicality behind my passion, even when I had to scrape together gas money and regarded dinner at Taco Bell as a big night out.

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That same black woman lived in a two-bedroom home and saw her parents bust their butts to make ends meet, and scrape together every penny to send their children to the nation's finest schools.

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Oleg Vyugin, a deputy finance minister, says the central bank could scrape together enough staff to run three banks under an emergency administration, but not enough to handle the 15 big ones needing most urgent help.

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