| 41. | Consider that the lament of cable system operators like Roberts these days is that programmers largely have them over a barrel.
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| 42. | Workers _ who have employers over a barrel in this tight labor market _ have come up with a new demand.
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| 43. | We had them over a barrel, and I would have been totally embarrassed if we had not come back a winner.
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| 44. | "North Korea has us over a barrel right now and they know it and they're going to get what they want ."
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| 45. | "They have us over a barrel because they have thousands of people on the waiting list, " said one boxholder who requested anonymity.
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| 46. | Asked if he thought the Republicans who were making demands had the president over a barrel, Zimmer said : " In a way.
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| 47. | Three, I think Microsoft has many of us over a barrel since it knows we are going to use Windows no matter what.
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| 48. | Unocal Corp . may have other oil refiners over a barrel if they want to sell state-mandated cleaner gasoline in California next year.
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| 49. | A Republican strategist in Congress said his party was not willing to give much in the negotiations because the president was over a barrel.
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| 50. | During the Halifax summit, which ended Saturday, the Group of Seven and Russia showed just how far they are over a barrel in Bosnia.
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