That doesn't mean it can't feel like the exact opposite for some of those at the sharp end.
My job at BABA is to ensure everything we do supports those at the sharp end: the boxers, their coaches and support teams.
Prof Smith has found himself at the sharp end of the slump - his department has been earmarked for closure by the university.
Scovell was at the sharp end of the war and unable to draw on expertise from London, and he did well with limited resources.
The "poison pill" is a strategy commonly used by management of a listed company to protect themselves from investors they fear may oust them following a takeover, and Mr Icahn has been on the sharp end more than once before.
And at the sharp-end, this is why it has so many troops on the ground in the Balkans.
Mr Wright said he wanted resources concentrated at the "sharp end" rather than "costly and often unnecessary red tape".
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This 6-megapixel data stream oversamples the target image by 3x resulting in video as sharp as that of the high-end multi-sensor video cameras used in television studios.
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For a body that works at society's sharp end, the hostel has many friends in high places, including banks.
These early tools closely resembled the knives we use today, consisting of a piece of metal that was sharp on one end--the blade--and dull on the other--the tang.
If this were to occur, it would likely happen very quickly, meaning sharp losses in the closed-end fund income sector.
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The data at the end of the week is likely to fuel either a sharp short-covering rally or more selling.
The bottom line is that we are likely to see more sharp jolts to the stock market between now and year-end.
And a sharp catch by Alastair Cook to end the Little Master's innings forced Sourav Ganguly to come out and face some more hostile bowling as England refused to accept defeat.
If yesterday's exchanges are anything to go by, debates on any such legislation could turn very nasty - not least because all MPs have direct sharp-end experience of how important the small print of the regulations can be.
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