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2 On the other hand, the retail “wagon” should not be too full, since stocking retail shelves with unpopular items also results in excess costs—the cost of capital tied up in unwanted goods, the opportunity cost of the space that could be used for products that customers would buy if present, and, ultimately, lost margin when retailers must resort to price markdowns or product disposal to clear languishing items from their shelves.
It is thought that this is particularly true if the patient's use can be tied to the reason for the ED visit.
How can the underfunded Morales expect to raise issues such as Medicare, jobs, or education in his spots when he's tied down defending himself against the Gramm blitz?
From the outset of the factory system in woven apparel, after cloth has been laid out and cut in the configurations of patterns for various sizes, the cut parts have been grouped by parts of the garment—fronts, backs, sleeves, patches for pockets, collars—and tied together into bundles for operators, who sew together individual parts—hence the term “bundle system.”
"I could take you blindfolded, both hands tied behind my back," he seems to say, the heavyweight towering over the bantamweight.