Running firms under the pressure of high dividend and interest payments wonderfully concentrates managers' thinking.
People who crumble under the pressure of a vacation may exhibit that same behavior at home.
Most of the characters watch their lives unravel under the pressure of the complete economic breakdown.
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Congress needs to come together under the pressure of that sequester to make some tough choices.
Many a man has crumbled under the pressure of trying to beat a goalkeeper from 12-yards.
He was forced to resign in 2011 under the pressure of financial markets during the eurozone sovereign debt crisis.
Indeed, under the pressure of prolonged economic misery and desperation, democracy is arguably eroding within the EU itself.
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Many of those, including Italy's Alitalia, Greece's Olympic and Aer Lingus have wilted under the pressure of Europe's widely successful no-frills airlines.
The mast hit the water, where it remained until it finally snapped under the pressure of the boat, rendering it all but useless.
Visceral in the sense of strongly worded, rather than relating to the bits of viscera which fly out under the pressure of an alien's claws.
Hundreds of properties in Hampshire, West and East Sussex were affected earlier in the week after drains and rivers overflowed under the pressure of the downpour.
After writing a succession of major hits for the Beach Boys, Wilson's mental health began to deteriorate under the pressure of success in the late 1960s.
And she has to do this under the pressure of an impending flotation, scheduled to take place during an economic slowdown that could tip into recession.
But will all of that hold up under the pressure of a major, a pressure that is both inherent in any major and put upon by himself?
Some even say that the Perruche ruling has been misinterpreted, and that the government is legislating to supersede it under the pressure of an ill-informed public opinion.
In its wake, investors are left with shipping companies struggling to operate under the pressure of debt and as a result, many hefty dividends have been cut or eliminated.
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Based on my observations during the interview, which is all I had to go by, I had to assume that he may have cracked under the pressure of the job.
It cited "blatant intervention of the French crusader forces in Mali" and accused the world of having left Syria's people "groaning under the pressure of the butcher" President Bashar al-Assad.
Despite some of the best players in the game crumbling under the pressure of facing Woods in previous final-day showdowns for a title, Yang kept his cool to clinch the win.
When the bubble in government debt finally bursts under the pressure of rising rates and unsustainable interest expense, he said, the ratings agencies, as always, will be late to make the call.
The steady recovery in the U.S. has been supporting markets in the face of financial trouble in the 17-country eurozone, where the economy continues to wilt under the pressure of government budget cuts.
Thousands of supporters gathered to watch a relayed speech from their leader, Sheikh Hassan Nasrallah, to mark the anniversary of Israel's ignominious withdrawal from Lebanon in 2000 under the pressure of Hezbollah attacks.
General secretary of the University and College Union Sally Hunt said the higher education system was already creaking under the pressure of government efficiency savings and the planned cuts would be a devastating blow.
We tend to think about a stressed out workforce as one that is under the pressure of maintaining a declining business with fewer resources, amidst business model change or one struggling to hold onto legacy revenues.
But if anything good has come out of all this, it might just be that the old Sudanese government ways of secrecy and stifling bureaucracy have relaxed a little under the pressure of an impatient, watching world.
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The company has many opportunities to improve its margins and grow revenues, but we want to see how it can perform under the pressure of being a public company and versus increasing competition before we can recommend the shares.
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Unfortunately, so much of what passes for compliance activity on Wall Street always seems impressive but for some odd, inexplicable reason, under the pressure of real world events, the impressiveness of these compliance safeguards often wither and come off as more form rather than substance.
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In one experiment, students had to come up with anagrams under the time pressure of 90 seconds per round, over a series of six rounds, with the understanding that they would be scoring themselves at the end of the test and that they would be rewarded for high performance.
Japan has an unsustainable level of debt, and the euro has come under unprecedented pressure because of the debt levels of the leading Mediterranean economies and Ireland.
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Children also reported how much they enjoyed sports and outside activities - but again in the UK this was under pressure from the amount of time spent in front of television and computer screens.
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