Investment banks are not the only parts of the financial system showing the strain.

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He has been under pressure, says the Daily Express, adding that it's unsurprising he is showing the strain.

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Earlier in the week, Clark was really showing the strain, when, first thing Wednesday morning, she confessed her weariness.

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But Kohl's is showing the strain, particularly in southern California, where stores have been slow to produce big first-year sales volumes.

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Showing the strain of nearly three years of waiting for the cartoonist and journalist Prageeth Ekneligoda, his wife and son have been keeping a vigil outside the UN compound in the commercial capital, Colombo.

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Paterson, Ross Ford and Ally Hogg were all halted in their tracks, but the Scarlets defence was showing signs of breaking under the strain and Robertson eventually claimed his second try after good handling from Ford and Paterson, who converted.

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Some municipalities are showing strain under the weight of accelerating deficits and declining revenues.

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The strain is showing.

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But amid that building boom, the market is suddenly showing signs of strain.

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The economy is showing some signs of strain.

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But the strain between the odd bedfellows is showing.

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Showing no obvious signs of strain, Morsy appeared alongside the head of the SCAF, Mohamed Hussein Tantawi, at a military graduation ceremony in Cairo on Monday.

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Even the mighty pay-television business is showing signs of strain.

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