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The injury looked very serious as Terry was heavily strapped and secured into a stretcher before the ambulance took him to a local hospital.

Jenkins then found a case of beer strapped to the lawnmower 's front, court records show.

He strapped on his helmet, slid the new black leather gloves over his hands, then threw one leg over the vinyl seat.

Her eyes started opening and she was shocked to find that her body was strapped down to the bed.

Squeezing these out of cash-strapped governments is going to be much more difficult than it was even a year ago.

It is impossible to estimate how much money this bounty could generate for Greenland's cash-strapped government.

By the time the nurses had strapped on the monitors I was begging for an epidural, heroin, a shotgun, anything to put me out of my misery.

The over-burdened bird, with cocaine and marijuana strapped to its back, fell out of the sky before crossing the prison walls.

The enemy strapped him, and yet he said nothing.

His left hand reached up to his shoulder, fingertips just brushing the barrel of the rifle strapped to his shoulder.

He had to be lifted onto the trolley on which he was to die, and then strapped down.

The service was given away for free and we all know just how much our cash strapped college students love the word FREE.

He looked like any other Iraqi when he returned and stood by his car, except for the pistol strapped to his shoulder.

Across the room, strapped to a strange medical table, and with a pair of gaping sockets where his eyes should have been, lay Tyler Scindere.

I'd love to go for dinner with you guys, but I'm a bit strapped for cash.

Across the country, cash-strapped state governments are shutting down business for a day at a time to save money.

My girlfriend asked me if I would drop her off at her mums house. Upon arriving, I strapped her with a parachute and threw her out my plane.

A woman, disguised in an Arab man's robes and headdress, slipped into a line of Army recruits and detonated explosives strapped to her body.

It looked like he was trying to scoot backward, to somehow escape the bomb strapped to his neck.

Cash-strapped governments find it easy to cut spending on cultural events, or spectacular new public buildings.

The central bank decided to cut interest rates back to record lows to avert a recession and took big steps to help cash-strapped banks.

AMZ still needs to raise funds for building it at a time when gaming companies are cash-strapped as a result of the global financial crisis.

"I found a good car for you, really cheap, " he announced when we were strapped in.

He liked to carry a small steel needle like tool strapped to his leg and he used this in place of a key.

This large check is especially attractive to cash-strapped college students, who are easy to target with ads in college newspapers.

As the EMTs strapped the burly man into a stretcher, the police handcuffed his arms and legs to the stretcher.

As if cash-strapped consumers didn't need any more bad news, it seems the weekly food shop is getting more expensive.

Hamouly said the weak economy was a large factor in consumers' attitude toward shopping, with many feeling cash-strapped.

He remembered that strident bell and his leap for the control panel. His frenzied fumbling as he strapped himself into the seat.

What no one knew at the time was the 23-year-old Nigerian had an explosive strapped to his body.

Then the mother put her body over her daughter's, strapped the seat belt over both of them and prepared to crash.

Her classmates were the children of cash-strapped single mothers, middle-class professionals and the rich.

Iraqi police in Diyala Province captured a teenage girl strapped with explosives who claimed that a woman had wrapped the belt on her body.

Jack pushed Arete into a seat near a window, then strapped his prisoner down. After his own belt was fastened, he gazed out the window.

Borrowing costs for cash-strapped governments continued to rise, with Italy auctioning five-year bonds for a euro-era high of 6. 47%.

As a consequence, a great number of this strapped people end up using the services of a payday loan service.

Sometimes the lab coats pepper the cosmonauts with math questions while they're strapped in, just to see how their brains are functioning.

Saab has been cash-strapped much of this year, halting production under massive debt to suppliers and unable to obtain financing.

Even if I get rid of the clock strapped to my wrist, I cannot escape the one in my head.

School dropouts will have to cope with a life of cash-strapped insecurity. But the graduate elite will have the world at its feet.

"Yes, I know. But I thought that you were less strapped by convention, Mr. Barton, " she replied, teasing.

I don't wanna be one of those players and three years down the road your team is strapped and can't do anything about it.

The pigeons flew hundreds of miles, averaging speeds of a mile a minute, with messages strapped to their legs in tiny capsules.

The cash-strapped United Nations is about to embark on a $2bn refurbishment to bring its Manhattan headquarters up to date.

Taking a flight back home for the winter holiday is a luxury for cash-strapped students . So they have to take the train instead .

He was hooded and strapped to a black metal chair, with a white target pinned to his chest.

"We'll take a jet ski for one hour, " Kathleen said as she strapped on a life jacket and handed another to Mark.

But environmental protection is never going to be a compelling enough reason for resource-strapped governments.

In less than a week, two Chinese state-owned companies have offered more than US$20bn in total to buy into cash-strapped Australian miners.

I looked out from the small booth, feeling ridiculous with a plastic mask strapped to my face, while lobby guests watched surreptitiously.

Previously capital-strapped firms have been able to raise considerable debt and equity in recent months.

Saturday morning, I strapped heavy schoolbags, out of the bedroom, first put your eyes is an empty table, Huh?

There had been hopes China's consumers could rescue the world economy by taking up the slack from credit-strapped Americans or Europeans.

I'd love to go to dinner with you guys, but I'm a bit strapped for cash.

His position as party nominee will release funding for his previously cash-strapped campaign, as well as a wealth of polling data.

The NY Post reported that choppy seas have grounded the tycoon's attempt propel himself across the channel strapped to a giant nylon kite.

The retail appetite for corporate bonds has been a fillip for other cash-strapped European borrowers.

School dropouts will have to cope with a life of cash-strapped insecurity.

A rosy view, perhaps, but as governments find themselves increasingly strapped for cash, intelligent giving can only grow more important.

A cash-strapped Ford had already sold its other European premium brands, and was determined to offload Volvo.

Now the 64-year-old grandfather sits strapped to a wheelchair, able to move little but his left hand, his voice a near-whisper.

There are few investors ready to swoop in to keep cash-strapped companies running.

A 14. 4% profit margin might be fine for a branded-goods firm but looks indecent for a business that caters to cash-strapped government.

"I'll make plans with Jessica, " I called over my shoulder as I strapped on my school bag, not meeting his eyes.

I knew he was strapped for cash, but so was the state, and I couldn't justify the expense.

Many have found that, when natural resources are scarce and consumers are cash-strapped, greenery can be a lucrative business strategy.

As the helicopter hovered in mid air, Shannon strapped on her parachute .

But they wouldn't be quite as cash-strapped if their politicians were willing to consider at least some tax increases.

Cash-strapped developers may jump at the chance to diversify funding, even if that means selling properties into a Reit at a discount.

Washington contributes nearly a quarter of UNESCO's annual budget, and its funding freeze has left the agency strapped for cash.

A young woman with a soiled infant strapped to her back rummaging through trash.

During the Great Depression, hundreds of communities as strapped for cash as California is today circulated their own temporary currencies.

Uriel here in the Light of Aton, I say hold on and keep those seat belts strapped for the ride may be bumpy.

Farther out, the Beijing model of banking is in any case probably beyond the capacity of the cash-strapped Indian state.

In Britain, for instance, a contingency fund to help cash-strapped local authorities facing pressure on public services has been scrapped.

Given the chance, General, I'd have strapped you to that rocket and lit the touch paper.

Palestinian detonated explosives strapped to his body at a bus stop during a morning rush hour in the northern city of Haifa.

A meter-and-a-half-long snake is strapped with Velcro atop a small box on a conveyor belt just inches behind your head.

No one thought it could happen -- there's no way this debt-laden, cash strapped Italian company will win in an international court of law.

Can you conceive of six of eight civilized, educated human beings strapped into a harness and pulling a wagon, like horsed before a plow?

Next to us a Talib with a pouch of three RPG rockets strapped on his back was finishing his prayer.

The fact that things are not working efficiently on this cash-strapped Caribbean island is hardly news.

Cash-strapped households in Belgium might rather like the idea that competition can lower their bills.

The Independent investigated some of the most innovative and useful ideas for cash-strapped filmmakers to survive through difficult times.

Meanwhile, other parts of the economy, especially cash-strapped firms, are being starved of the loans they need.

They strapped books on their own backs; but when they arrived in exile the corpus was scattered and damaged, and much of it lost.

Alone now in the water, Skip Womack could see the baby strapped in the front car seat, the water already touching her legs.

Challenge accepted, I strapped myself into the harness of a tandem glider with instructor Jon Thompson.

All the above merchandise must be packed in strong undamaged cartons, and must be properly sealed and strapped .

He had ingeniously strapped a number of packages to his legs containing contraband items.

But bankers think this will be difficult, as several cash-strapped international banks have begun to sell down holdings in Chinese banks.

They may not have dressed up in burkas and strapped several kilos of Semtex around their waists.

Cash-strapped authorities encourage detainees to move on to Athens before their claims have been processed.

Can't agree on a state budget for cash-strapped California? Fine: state workers will now be working for minimum wage.

Practically every developing country, however cash-strapped, has done something (often a lot) to help farmers.

But ironically, much of the debt-collection industry is struggling because there's little cash left to squeeze from strapped consumers.

Cash-strapped governors from the state of Washington to Indiana have proposed deep budget cuts for public universities.

There were even talks that cash-strapped companies would have to sell part of their business to plug their funding gap.

They would have bombs strapped to their backs, with levers that would trigger as soon as it hit the underside of a tank.

The guests are strapped into large, cushioned black chairs not unlike those of a roller coaster .

This year, cash strapped states are going to be much slower in issuing your refund.

The survey found that higher-calorie, energy-dense foods are the better bargain for cash-strapped shoppers.

A mechanic strapped me into my harness, and plugged in the system that would allow me to breathe and talk at 35, 000 feet.

After all, would you rather dance for your supper or be strapped to a missile?

SINGAPORE (Reuters Life! ) - Take a deep breath, get strapped in and feel the buzz.

I need a raise , you know, I'm kinda strapped.

An eyewitness said a man with explosives strapped to his body had approached the convoy and blew himself up.

These "spurs, " worn on airplanes, strapped over boot heels and were each attached to a ball connected to a cable beneath the plane seat.

They're looking to sell off-the-shelf energy-monitoring products to cash-strapped consumers looking to lower their bills.

and, of course, were carried about by being strapped on the back of their older brothers.

Wear a seatbelt when travelling by car and ensure children are strapped into a car seat or Child Restraint System(CRS).

In the first few months of 2010, revenues have come in ahead of projections in a number of cash-strapped states.

Being strapped for cash might crimp my style, but I hope my spending-ability increases over the summer.

We spread out in the grass and rested and swapped packs and strapped them on and were rarin to go.

The robbers strapped him on a tree .

U. S. and European sanctions -- some directed at Assad and his top aides -- could make things worse for the cash-strapped country.

InBritain, for instance, a contingency fund to help cash-strapped local authorities facing pressure on public services has been scrapped.

When traveling by plane, we often stay strapped in for the whole flight, in case of unexpected rough air.

Then it's a case of making sure you are strapped in and finding the smoothest air in the area.

It is true that many skilled migrants have been educated and trained partly at the expense of their (often cash-strapped) governments.

Launched on the cusp of the financial crisis, sales soared as cash-strapped Brits opted to cook meals at home rather than eat out.

Unlike his Wall Street peers, Mr. Sherlund gets his gold while sitting atop a 55-ton bulldozer with a pistol strapped to his side.

The move is part of the fast-food chain's efforts to woo cash-strapped customers by making its restaurants more convenient and convivial.

Many in Germany feel that even temporary help for cash-strapped partners should be provided by the IMF only, and on strict terms.

As it is, we're strapped and I don't know how we're going to continue.

We will push the nation's top mortgage lenders to provide maximum support to help cash-strapped, but credit-worthy customers.

Here is a state so strapped for cash that it recently resorted to paying its workers with IOUs rather than money.

With credit lines to cash-strapped businesses drying up , it is the question that many of us are asking at the beginning of 2009.

Frankly, a false flag operation would have done more than burn the man's loins, where he had strapped his explosive.

Whether you're strapped for cash or feeling comfortable, we could all stand to make a few tweaks to our personal budgets.

Council workers have unpacked a hundred rubber snakes and strapped them in strategic locations on trees in hopes of scaring the birds away.

The stimulus package -- I know the state was strapped with its commitment and what it had to with those monies.

The deal is the latest in which a cash-strapped Australian mining company has turned to Beijing for capital as China seeks raw materials.

Zain is the face of human suffering. He's strapped, chained and, uh, hooked on the mechanical appendage that keeps him hanging.

Strapped to one's feet, in a manner not unlike roller-skates (but much more secure) are crampons .

Minutes later Dawn was now strapped down to her bed and she couldn't move her body now.

But Shan's parents, strapped with debt and obligation, are among the untold millions of people in rural China caught in a brutal cycle.

First of all, I put the watch on training mode, and I also strapped on the Garmin Heart Rate Monitor.

Strapped school districts across the country are cutting out advanced courses in maths and science.

That's especially in a cash-strapped city, where people have been furloughed or even lost jobs.

Instead, a camera is strapped to a police search dog, a jacket is slipped onto the dog with pockets on each side for thin batteries.

To further improve the proposed PSODE, a mutation mechanism is also introduced when it is strapped into a local minima.

Once Costner was strapped to the MAST with a helicopter only six metres away and edging close.

And if policy is to be tightened in the developed world, far better it be done by cash-strapped finance ministries, not central banks.

This may be a new phenomenon, as cash-strapped shoppers turn to more affordable Asian products.

Some cash-strapped states have reduced the number of meals they serve to prisoners from three to two a day.

S. pressure on its Arab allies to step up their financial commitments to the cash-strapped Palestinian Authority.

European Union leaders are expected to approve a permanent bailout fund for debt-strapped eurozone members during a summit in Brussels.

Although interest rates have been slashed and the Fed has lavished liquidity on cash-strapped banks, the crisis is deepening.

The rise of commodity-fuelled sovereign wealth funds gives cash-strapped emerging governments alternative lenders of last resort.

He does not control Congress, and is strapped for cash. But he has plenty of time to prepare for the 2013 election.

Migrant workers from China's vast countryside are usually the first to suffer when employers find themselves strapped for cash.

An entire kit can be strapped into the back of a pickup.

The wooden cases used to pack the goods should be securely strapped.

But how could the infrastructure funding gap be closed without putting an additional fiscal burden on already cash-strapped governments?

Not long ago, it was Airbus that was strapped to a seat in cattle class and being pelted with airline food.

Cash-strapped companies may be forced to raise capital on poor terms or cut investments if banks tighten funding.

They grabbed some of the market for syndicated loans from cash-strapped Western banks.

To find out, researchers strapped hatchlings into custom Lycra bathing suits, tethered to a tracking unit.

The triple world champion was mentor to Barrichello whose racing career endured an inauspicious, cash-strapped beginning.

Already, resource-strapped China is building oil and gas pipelines across Burma to create another vital artery to feed its economic engine.

The Monitor had to be strapped to the runner's waist facing forward.

Now cash-strapped newspapers want to put legal pressure on what they see as parasitical news aggregators.

Other training sessions involve what's called a vestibular chair. All trainees routinely get strapped into this torture device.

Strapped state and local governments trimmed their payrolls for the fifth month in a row.

He sealed it in a leather pouch strapped over his heart.

He was carried away in a straitjacket strapped to a stretcher.

To save money, the cash-strapped state has closed government offices today and on two other Fridays a month.

He added that his hospital, the Xintai Mental Health Center, was cash-strapped and welcomed government-subsidized patients.

"At present, the cake served to overfed and cash-strapped consumers is too large to be digested, " Mr Muller says.

Jostling with them for limited funds will be a fast-growing number of cash-strapped non-financial firms.

In March, a cash-strapped Greek government announced stiff austerity measures, including pension reform.

And many with strapped budgets have little interest in the massive government spending Mr. Obama supports as economic stimulus.

One cash-strapped Indian city has launched a unique collection service to dislodge payment from tax deadbeats: Door-to-door eunuchs.

she works with a baby strapped to her back .

China, according to the panglossian scenario, will save the world by buying up all the goods cash-strapped Americans can no longer afford.

The goods are to be packed in strong export cases, securely strapped .

For the most part, they are welcomed by cash-strapped Cubans tired of scraping by on an average monthly salary equivalent to $20.

Retailers will have to eat those higher cost without passing them on to cash strapped consumers.

Retail sales showed meagre growth last month as cash-strapped consumers cut back spending despite summer sale discounts.

But the hard choices are piling up for cash-strapped states like Michigan.

The legislation proposes extending emergency short-term loans to cash-strapped General Motors and Chrysler.

valuable especially for those audiences whose local media are too cash-strapped, or too bullied, to give the full picture.

Even though you are strapped in your seat, you feel as though are drifting.

Russia's new satellite navigation system gets a test, strapped at Koni, the black Lab belonging to Prime Minister Vladimir Putin.

Other cash-strapped states may follow Mr. Schwarzenegger in turning to Washington for more help, some budget experts said.

Now, unless we're going onto YouTube looking for the good birth videos, then all we've seen is women screaming in bed, strapped to machines.

Once strapped in, he starts by pressing the "walk" mode, pushes his crutches outward and is off.

Home prices reversed in October for the second consecutive month as cash-strapped developers became desperate to unload homes.

European stocks rose as euro-area finance ministers pledged to strengthen the safety net for debt- strapped countries.

Debt-strapped Greece is about to hold an epic yard sale.

After Im strapped in, the crew chief gives me my helmet, and I shake his hand.

While the participants lay on a table with their left knee bent, their left ankle was strapped into a footplate.

A naked inmate is strapped down on a board.

That has water-strapped countries eager to establish secure food supplies and bolster biofuel production.

Some cash-strapped libraries still use atlases showing fossils such as the Soviet Union and the German Democratic Republic.

Cash-strapped airlines even asked for a government bailout.

Without further help from the federal government, cash-strapped states will sack employees and cut benefits next year.

But not all companies that have put their jets up for sale are cash-strapped.

The news came so sudden, making it almost impossible for time-strapped domestic suppliers to find new customers.

Other retailers are also preparing to slash the prices of players to lure cash-strapped consumers into their stores.

Today even cash-strapped innovators can reach markets that were once the prerogative of giant organizations.

Cash- strapped theme park Euro Disney is set to receive financial support from Saudi Arabian Prince Alwaleed bin Talal.

The credit crunch has exacerbated the impact of falling demand, pressing cash-strapped firms to cut costs more quickly.

clamouring to win the attention of cash-strapped consumers through discounting and promotions.

I'm strapped for cash recently since I'm investing most of my money into the stock market.

Fixers working for Chinese companies report a steady stream of inquiries from cash-strapped European firms.

Milwaukee wants to raise water rates for existing customers to support its cash-strapped water supplier.

Wary of being outflanked, George Bush may extend mortgage insurance for someday-strapped borrowers.

Beijing already extends financial assistance to the most cash-strapped local governments.

He was violent with anger, and had to be strapped down.

LONDON (Reuters) - For cash-strapped Europe, China is an appealing source of financing.

Once strapped in, the user chooses "walk" mode, pushes his crutches outward and is off.

For some, including China's cash-strapped local authorities, they may be working too well.

Meanwhile, the debtor lands are strapped by austerity, budget cutting, and deleveraging.

Even in financially strapped county cricket, the ratio of support staff to players has grown dramatically.

The upshot is a device that weighs around 5kg and can be strapped to a user's waist.

What's worse, capital-strapped banks tend to pull back on lending to businesses and consumers, slowing growth further.

Very early one morning Pa strapped the bundle of furs on his shoulders, and started to walk to town.

Cash-strapped investors may find this offer appealing, but could regret it if Mr Picard recovers lots of assets later.

KGB officers watched the oligarchs get super-rich while they stayed cash-strapped and sometimes even unpaid.

Savings slipped from a recent rising trend as strapped consumers had to dig deeper to spend.

But nor does it seem just the desperation of a cash-strapped regime.

The line was connected to a harness in which the agent was strapped.

He washed the sword of state and strapped it to his side.

But today, with young people strapped for cash, second-hand clothing has made a comeback.

It is not clear whether this car-mini-home will be a viable choice for cash-strapped consumers.

Strapped on his pistols and helmet, and went to the field to catch his Horse.

But overall, cash-strapped consumers are buying more burgers in paper bags and fewer steaks served on white linen.

Their jet pack is an 800-horsepower engine strapped to your back. Enough thrust to get you up!

Some people are still intimidated by regular computers. How do you think they will feel about one strapped to their person?

The local McDonald's restaurants help the cash-strapped district by paying the $1, 600 cost of printing the report card jackets.

Cash-strapped, busy and increasingly modern in their outlook, more Shanghainese are tempted to accept such arguments.

When LeBron returned home, he strapped on the pads for his junior year of football.

As for Ted Turner, the merger liberates his lofty ambition from the shackles of cash-strapped circumstance.

The drinks industry is used to being seen as an easy touch by cash-strapped governments.

Four decades on, the cash-strapped government led by David Cameron is taking a bet that Britain still feels that way.

Cash-strapped hospitals are banning hundreds of women from having a caesarean birth, it emerged today.

If I'm strapped on clothes, I go shopping.

The monkey is strapped in a chair, staring at a computer screen.

Game wardens will enforce the fishing restrictions for the cash-strapped state.

Equipment is also very important aspect, especially the ankle, strapped in bandages can have certain effect.

I dug up forty dollars, strapped Moo and Roo into their car seats and headed for the department store.

They strapped me to a cannon.

In debt-strapped Japan, Mr Maehara thinks promoting growth should come before tax increases.

Hollywood has envisioned jet packs as upside-down fire extinguishers strapped to people's backs.

The global economy remains too dependent on buying by debt-strapped U. S. consumers for its long-term health.

The drum skin was tightly strapped over the circle with rawhide laces.

But there's no evidence that industry wants to foot that bill, and the states are already financially strapped.

But this year, cash-strapped North Americans and Europeans are staying at home.