The ceiling is shoulder height, and you are trying to repair a piece of heavy machinery by the light of a small torch.

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What lies ahead, by contrast, is a period of retrenchment as households repair finances that have become top-heavy with debt.

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The gold market bulls are now working to repair the recent near-term technical damage, but have more heavy lifting to do.

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The service center advised that I could ship the unit to them for repair. (Now, this is a mixer that is heavy with a capital H.) The CSR at the service center also explained that I would be buying the entire assembly.

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The big balance in the Rainy Day Fund might also be tapped to help counties in the Eagle Ford and elsewhere in the state to fund the repair and improvement of county roads that are being impacted by the high volume of heavy truck traffic that comes along with rapid oil and gas development.

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