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"The gap was pretty similar throughout the stint, but then Kimi started to run two tenths quicker and I started to push again, " he said.

Much of Mr Romney's fortune, which some estimate at $250m, is thought to come from his stint in private equity, but no one knows how much.

NEAR the end of his eight-year stint in office, Dick Cheney was asked if he had any advice for the incoming staff of Barack Obama.

If I dance with you I cannot spin my stint and then my mother will scold me.

However, his La Liga stint hasn't been the happiest and he's desperate for an Italian return after losing his place in the side.

"Know your enemy" was his motto, as well as the title of his book about a late stint as chairman of the Joint Intelligence Committee.

Great start from the pole, great first stint and then it looked as if you had to work very hard to sustain the pressure from Fernando.

In front of his expectant fans, the German maestro will then end his stint with a first outing in his personal FXX GT machine.

Or do a speed-cleaning stint once a week for two hours, and don't clean the rest of the week.

Rudd's knowledge of the language and a stint as a diplomat in Beijing do not necessarily lead to admiration for China's government.

I arrived in Moscow a week later, beginning a three-year stint as a Russia correspondent.

If he's gone too far, and the public simply view his stint in rehab as a publicity ploy, it could end up backfiring on him.

The lap-times during the second stint had not suggested he had that performance in reserve.

Ted Waitt was unable to revive Gateway, the computer-maker he founded, when he returned for a second stint as boss in 2001.

After attending Brigham Young University for one year, he had served a two-year stint as a representative of his church in South Korea.

Returning to the United States, he served a two-year stint in an Atlanta prison for smuggling Italian immigrants into the country.

During her stint with top Swedish club Umea IK, the big toe on her left foot was stomped and affected her preparations for the World Cup.

He set the second fastest lap of the race, albeit four-tenths shy of Schumacher, and was the fastest man out there in the final stint.

stint at the show, she was used as the factory demo car staring in the road test of the motor and staying on with the works until 1934.

Schapiro was appointed to a first stint at the SEC in 1988, to fill what she said was called its "woman's seat. "

In her brief stint as First Lady, from August 1974 to January 1977, she was always immaculately turned out.

Events after 2001, during my stint in the Department of Defense, initially led me to conclude that I had been wrong.

Lil Wayne had previously told Rolling Stone that he had not sought advice for how to get through his stint at Riker's Island.

Near the end of March, Betsey Wright, who was at Harvard doing a stint at the Kennedy School, came to my rescue.

A stint back home would be a condition for extension of work permit, with the system continuing for three or so rounds.

McNabb had been hired away from Nissan, where he had worked for more than 20 years - with a brief stint at Mercedes-Benz in the interim.

In his five-year stint, he won the hearts and minds of every United fan, played 185 times and scored 82 goals.

The great idol Diego Maradona had come back to don the blue and gold jersey after 13 years in Europe and a brief stint in Rosario.

He joined the firm in May with no experience in telecoms save a prior stint on the board, but is due to become boss within two years.

Scott Brown, the Republican junior senator from Massachusetts, had a brief stint as a male model before his political career took off.

a long first stint hoisted him well up the depleted field, and he easily stayed ahead of the troubled Alonso to the flag.

He has spent most of his life in exile in Switzerland, but put in a stint as a chicken farmer in Britain.

Though he had a brief stint in politics when he was young, Chang Cheh never played politics in his films or in his personal life.

These hampered his last stint in power, from 1998 to 2002, and seem to have worsened since then.

Flying aircraft carriers had a brief stint in the collective imagination of a wartime populace.

I got really close to Felipe just once, but we were at the end of the second stint.

Often, however, your stint in college only prepares you to make further decisions regarding your future.

IT DOESN'T always pay to dress up for a party in Nigeria: it may earn you a hefty fine or even a stint in jail.

The car was perfect and we were able to run a very long stint with the soft tyres.

During her teaching stint for three years, she also worked as an exotic dancer at a club across from the local Montessori elementary school.

If you're applying for a financial analyst position, don't waste space including your teenage stint as a lifeguard.

He was taking the train home to Iringa, in southern Tanzania, I later learned, after a long stint doing engine work for the Tazara in Dar.

We made quite a bold decision to run long in the first stint, but it definitely worked for me.

The Save: As a companion piece to his confessumentary, Gibson should lay himself bare during a stint on a popular chat show.

The softer ones suited us better, as we struggled a bit on the harder ones, especially at the start of the stint.

Next came a stint as a reporter in Windsor, during which he found stringing words together not only easy but exhilarating.

Also in the race in the first stint he was just half-a-second per lap quicker and when it is like that you cannot do anything.

A strong Europe must be built on "strong nations" , Mr Sarkozy said on December 16th, summing up his stint as boss of all Europe.

In his stint as finance minister, Mr. Ghani said, two moments crystallized his disgust and finally prompted him to quit.

During a stint as leader of the DPJ in 2005, Mr Maehara described China's military expansion as a "real threat" to Japan.

George Lucas Adamson served as President from the beginning until 1967, for a total of 35 years including a three-year holdover stint.

Ryan Tunnicliffe will be cheering United on in the Manchester derby as he continues his loan stint at Peterborough.

"Give me your little basket, " the maiden said, "and I will put something in it that will more than make up for today's stint. "

He had previous experience at a troubled French state-owned firm, with a stint at France Telecom.

She was educated in Paris and Le Havre and then spent some time in the US, including a stint as an intern on Capitol Hill.

Even another couple year stint in Chicago there for a while there, so.

Where We Left Off: Sharon Stone wrapped up a four-episode stint as an assistant district attorney.

My friend Montero, who worked for the Arts Council, had found me a stint teaching a writing workshop in that town, with its hideous name.

specially regarding frequently the underachiever who treats coldly , we do not want " o stint " our smile.

Japan Airlines Corp. 's stint under bankruptcy protection isn't likely to be short or simple.

Founding member Dino Valenti, who returned to the band after a stint in prison on drug charges, was largely responsible for the new sound.

During a stint helping in the fitting rooms, a glamorous twentysomething woman in a headscarf approaches holding two pairs of sunglasses.

She held her own against Grievous for a respectable stint, but was ultimately overpowered by the cyborg killer.

He gained more experience and exposure in Fool for Love, a stint on television's Miami Vice, and a Levi's campaign.

The girl had in her father's house been accustomed to use everything without stint and without reproach.

Archuleta then admitted that he has never watched the show prior to his stint but said that it's so "funny watching the other scenes" .

But I was doing similar lap times, so it is amazing how the car behaved on the last stint.

Stint : fixed amount of work Everybody much to a daily stint in the kitchen .

After a stint with South China Morning Post, he left for the mountains of southwest China, where he still spends most of his time.

He was Irwin Griswold, dean of the Law School for 21 years, who was serving a stint as solicitor general of the United States.

The hunt for Bin Laden got the "barrel scrapings, " in Keller's words, who himself had just two months to prepare for his stint in Pakistan.

After a stint working in an engineering works close to Old Trafford, he signed professional forms aged 17.

Geithner pushed continental Europe to speed up the rescue of debt-laden economies, and to not stint on fiscal stimulus.

Q: Rubens, you were behind Heikki Kovalainen in the first stint but got ahead at the first stop.

He also had a stint running Caterpillar's partnership with Shandong SEM machinery, another state company.

The 29 year old leader is cracking down on the stint and placing confidence into top military positions.

My college days included a long stint as a lab assistant in a course on the theory of measurement.

Mr Jobs' first stint at Apple was to last less than a decade.

During his first stint with the International Monetary Fund, John Lipsky helped the organization navigate the Latin American debt crisis.

Proposition 8, a ballot-box initiative passed in November 2008, ended California's short stint as a state that allowed same-sex marriages.

By the time you do get back, after a long stint abroad, the organization has changed so that there's no comparable job for you.

Some investors said they would have preferred Mr Bolton to commit to a five-year stint at the fund.

Lynch avoids making explicit stock recommendations, but he does not stint with examples.

In this way, the correct overprinter do membership card before stint for for you to prepare.

The following October he checked into the Betty Ford Clinic for a three-month stint in rehab for alcohol abuse.

At the mention of honeymoon tourist destination, most newlyweds stint on a bundle at their perfect vacations.

DURING his decade-long stint as chancellor of the exchequer, Gordon Brown relished one achievement above all others.

After all, their careers move at a much quicker pace, and a 20-year stint is considered a long one in most sports.

During a stint working in Shanghai, he saw countless entrepreneurs fall foul of cut-throat or dishonest business practices.

Obviously I knew I had a very good strategy but still the first stint wasn't easy because the tyres were not in the best shape at the end.

He is an economist with stacks of experience in central banking and government finance, plus a four-year stint in the private sector.

In his brief stint this year, Andrew Bynum took another big step towards becoming a very good center in this league.

We adopted an aggressive strategy, which resulted in my middle stint being 31 laps - one of the longest of the race.

Even so, by the end of each six-week stint, he admits he is itching to make his getaway.

Hirst is a former soldier traumatised during a stint working as a mercenary in Yugoslavia.

He won plaudits for his stint at BHP Billiton and has a deep knowledge of commodities, in which Temasek is underweight.

Mentors pocket a small fee -- and may even meet their next hire: A few adult interns have left the stint with a job offer.

His government experience is limited to a stint as education minister a decade ago.

After a particularly taxing stint conducting in New York, his heart condition deteriorated and he went home to Vienna to die at 50.

And if you leave the job after a few months, there will be a short stint to explain on your resume.

I knew quite of few of them -- brilliant, idealistic college graduates -- who left for an overseas stint in the 1980s and 1990s.

When Easton was unemployed they HAD to stint themselves so as to avoid getting further into debt than was absolutely necessary.

Prof Johnson recently finished a two-year stint as assistant research director at the IMF in Washington DC.

European Union leaders gathered in Brussels for the final summit of France's six-month stint in the EU presidency.

When you make this recipe, do not stint on the butter.

His stint there resulted in a business idea--and an investor.

This baffles diplomats from other countries, for whom a stint in Brussels is vital if they want to be promoted.

Summer fun: Ignored forward Jawad Williams dominated during his stint in the D-League, and hardly missed a beat in Vegas.

For years, he had driven and criticized and condemned his employees without stint or discretion.

But that middle stint of the race with punch and counter-punch with Lewis was fantastic viewing.

Then the clutch malfunctioned after his final stop, after a middle stint married by terrible understeer.

Let me not stint, lest I starve my heart.

Yoshiaki Miyamoto hooked just one eel on his morning stint on Lake Biwa, near Kyoto.

Go outside for a stint of bright sunlight in the afternoon, and get some aerobic exercise each day.

Jason Lee's role in "Alvin & The Chipmunks" laid to rest his stint as a leading man.

Mr. Jobs held up the 'iBook' in 1999, after beginning a second leadership stint at Apple in 1997.

Like you said, my car felt particularly good on the last stint.

The shenanigans risk derailing Hungary's six-month stint as EU president, starting in January.

Then his first teacher, Zhu Ya-Fen, unexpectedly dropped by their home in Beijing after a teaching stint in the US.

Your longest stint anywhere was two years.

In 1994, during Silvio Berlusconi's first brief stint in the job, we called on him to resign.

During his stint, the school landed a $300 million gift from financier David Booth -- the largest donation ever to a business school.

Legend originated in ancient chu princes who cast by a stint of qu yuan, many people die river boat chase to save.

Mr. Ma, a 51-year-old economist, came in as commissioner after a long stint in the government of the poor western province of Qinghai.

To preserve (another pitcher's win) by protecting one's team's lead during a stint of relief pitching.

This has included doing a stint in Paris at luxury goods company Louis Vuitton Moet Hennessy.

In his first, three-year stint as DPJ leader from 1999, he was criticised for being indecisive.

But it was a stint at Chrysler from 1986 to 1998 that confirmed his hero status.

After a brief stint in the army, he studied quantum physics at Moscow's prestigious state university.

He reportedly spent a brief stint in Switzerland, picking up some German and English.

Honorably discharged from the U. S. Air Force in 1968 after a stint in Vietnam.

However, precisely because of our stint, so a chance to communicate with the people away from the side.

He was followed by more men whose backgrounds usually included a stint in the military.

His stint as finance minister from 2006 to 2009 also reinforced an appreciation of the need for pragmatism in economic policymaking.

"What were you doing yesterday, " she scolded, "that you didn't spin your stint? "

If you look at the middle stint of the race, both our drivers on heavy fuel were really, really quick.

Mr Jonathan cannot make any long-term plans for his time in office, as his stint could end at any minute.

For Gao Ning and Yang Zi, it will mark their second combined national training stint in as many months.

(ALL) who also served a stint as the government-appointed CEO of insurer American International Group. (AIG).

Leno returned to his old 11: 35 Eastern Time slot after a failed stint in primetime.

"I learned a lot, " Mr Nardelli says of his stint at Home Depot.

Soon after her Apollo Theater stint, drummer and bandleader Chick Webb asked the shy 16 year-old Ella to join his orchestra.

To stay safe abroad, the country can't stint on national defense or foreign aid.

Grain output has risen for three consecutive years, the best stint of growth since 1985.

The two teachers just returned from a three-year stint in Istanbul.

He lavished money on his children without stint.

Dr Pachauri, who started chairing the fourth IPCC report in 2002, is well into his second six-year stint.

Beethoven never stint in the music and to disguise his feelings, and he will always be as strong as his heart.

Todd learned data processing by doing a short stint at a junior college.

wow! a stint in rehab sure didn't slow you down a bit, huh?

He recently joined Rovio after a stint at Microsoft Corp. 's Bing search engine.

It also became clear during that stint, that the tyre degradation was very low.

There have been cases when past ambassadors have been made deputy mayors of provincial cities in China after their stint in Korea.

His speech will do little to crush speculation that his stint in the Kremlin will be brief.

Returned to the government in 2008 following a stint in Brussels, after twice resigning from Mr Blair's administration.

Currently enjoying a stint with Oviedo Moderno, she is about to return to Buenos Aires after signing for Boca Juniors.

Fresh off a 35-year stint asthe Manhattan district attorney, Mr. Morgenthau has begun a new careerat the age of 90.

his 30 - year stint as club secretary started in 1958 when walter cricket , his predecessor , perished in the munich air disaster.

Prison Break's Wentworth Miller has booked a guest stint on House.

Apart from the short stint at Rising Tide, he has been fully immersed in management again at Vector ever since.

Mr Agnelli will be replaced by Murilo Ferreira, who returns to Vale after a three-year stint at an investment company.

I had a pretty terrible first stint.

Everybody must do a daily stint in the kitchen.

He left Reading in 2004 for a four-year stint at Chelsea.

After I'd finished my nursing stint there, a friend and I headed for neighbouring Burkina Faso to work in a health clinic.

Pat Symonds: To be honest, the first stint unfolded pretty much as we expected.

We begin in California, in the winter of 1980, where Wayne Shandera is contemplating his options for his 2-year stint in the EIS.

That peak is when Berlusconi began his latest stint as prime minister (he also held the office from 1994 to 1995 and from 2001 to 2006).

But it's in things for show they cut short; while for such as me, it's in things for life we have to stint.

Liu will be invited to perform on Taiwan singer Jolin Tsai's world tour and will also have a three-month stint at Las Vegas.

Having just returned from a three-year stint in Asia, I am full of optimism over this dynamic region.

Now, after a brief stint working for Adobe, he's starting anew.

Next month, the first group of student village officials will finish their three-year stint and will be thinking about the future.

Besides, 798 Station is a student work from Li Xianting school, please note and don't stint your comments.

Graduation DayDespite exam stress, a long stint in education is good for people's blood pressure, according to researchers in the US.

Martin has done this gig twice before, in 2001 and 2003, and earned an Emmy nomination for the first stint.

He announces grand plans only to stint on the details.

A stint at the University of California had consolidated those findings.

Not believing this, the townsman said: "If this is really useful, why should I stint money? "

But the government still does not stint the water for lawns.

For their own politics demands, they are not stint to make China " Demonization " .

So we followed our optimum pattern, which was to do a shorter second stint in order to improve our track position relative to Michael.

Just as the financial crisis struck last year, her three-year stint was ending.

He's been smoking without stint.

Then, after a stint in Washington with Anne Wexlers lobbying firm early in my presidency, she went home to Arkansas to live in the Ozarks.

he taught hand-to-hand combat to soldiers during a stint in the French army and then taught himself how to write software.

During a stint in China he developed a passion for green tea, cups of which still fuel him through the day.

He had been in the service, including a four-year stint in field artillery.

He did a prior stint at China's U. N. mission from 1988 to 1992.

Their mining operations were a 3, 657 year stint, a long time for living off supplies.

Yao's stint with the Rockets has boosted the popularity of basketball and the NBA in China.

Ms. Dolan's seven-year CEO stint ended in 2005.

I've done my stint for today.

He has done his stint for today.

After a brief stint as a law student in Tokyo, she came to the U. S. to study jazz at the Berklee College of Music.

Q. From the second stint onwards, you had the pace of the Brawns , so did you have a car that could have won?

Macau became a Special Administrative Region of China in 1999, ending its stint as the first and last European colony in China.

You mentioned the graining of the tyres in the second stint; did you have it also at the start of the third?

They didn't have any proper grip during the first or the second stint.

Then I had a stint as security officer in Hong Kong .

LeBron's Cavaliers allowed 98. 9 points per game in their short playoff stint last year.

In the end some 70, 000 men a year are called up for a nine-month stint in the Bundeswehr. (Women are exempt from the draft. )

Among the numerous projects he worked on during his long stint was the much-talked about dual-screen Courier tablet project. (Seattle Times)

he has a couple of chauffeurs, and doesn't stint himself in the number of cars he owns;

Food, the produce of your own labour, you may eat without stint. (Australian proverb)

Design of Production Cost and Stint Statistic Subsystem on Manufacturing Information Management

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in petersburg every ones jubilant and rewards have been sent to the army without stint

Typical Assignment: Design a lunar pod to support four NASA astronauts on a 28-day stint

To stint all strife, and foster friendly peace,

especially when they get back from a stint in rehab

Stint: a fixed amount or share of work allotted

When I face you without stint

stint n. 1 person's fixed or allotted amount or period of work, etc