| 21. | And we need to do it quickly because businesses are on tenterhooks about whether to stay or leave.
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| 22. | But thousands of others with big stakes are also on tenterhooks : USAir customers with frequent-flier accounts.
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| 23. | The hook, a fearsome-looking steel gadget called a tenterhook, was adapted from the linen trade.
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| 24. | So why do we say we're " on tenterhooks " when we're nervous?
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| 25. | Grozny has been a ruin so long that life on tenterhooks has become normal, supplanting whatever existed before.
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| 26. | He blames sloppiness and " a not surprising ignorance " of tenterhooks for the rising tide of tenders.
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| 27. | Ambrose exploited a slight bounce on the wicket and bowled a tight length, keeping the Zimbabwean batsmen on tenterhook.
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| 28. | But the unions have discovered that they can exert pressure just by keeping Metro-North and its riders on tenterhooks.
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| 29. | The families, he said, were kept on tenterhooks that more riots may break out in the next few days.
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| 30. | It had nothing to do with his contract status; he still is on that tenterhook known as a 10-day.
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