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• n  tightly stretched rope or wire on which acrobats perform high above the ground

• Bill Clinton promised to build bridge to the twenty first century, but hell have to settle for a tightrope next week when he welcomes Chinas Jiang Zemin for the most .
• Importantly, Hamburg is believed to be an acceptable choice to both the pharmaceutical industry and consumer advocates, a narrow tightrope any nominee must walk to win Senate .
• From the Iraq tightrope to the stumbling economy, from the China challenge to the health-care mess, from loose nukes to oil dependence to (some things never change) Cuba policy .

News & Articles

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• Christie maintains a political balancing act
  CHICAGO (AP) — Republican Gov. Chris Christie of New Jersey is walking a political tightrope as he charts his future, trying to balance his re-election campaign in a Democratic-leaning state with a potential presidential bid aimed at winning over Republicans.
  June 14, 2013 - Associated Press via Yahoo! News
• NJ Gov. Chris Christie visits Chicago, appears with Bill Clinton
  Republican Gov. Chris Christie of New Jersey is walking a political tightrope, trying to balance his re-election campaign in a Democratic-leaning state with a potential presidential bid aimed at winning over Republicans.
  June 14, 2013 - ABC 7 Chicago
• Tightrope Introduces Compact, Multiformat HD Video Server
  Tightrope Media Systems has debuted Cablecast SXHD LE video server, a new multiformat HD and SD video server
  June 11, 2013 - Television Broadcast

Quotes

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• Stephen Harper in Toronto Star
  Here is the tightrope that we must walk, to sustain recovery it is imperative that we follow through on our existing stimulus plans,the prime minister said.
• Jimmie Johnson in Scranton Times-Tribune
  I've always had that good rhythm of walking that tightrope, and you step over it from time to time,Johnson said. "Lately I've been stepping on the wrong side of that line."
• Phil Jagielka in Sportinglife.com
  Jagielka said: "The shame is that Fellaini got booked and is now banned from the two derbies. We all knew he was on a tightrope, but he was always likely to get booked over the next few games so he would have missed a couple of games anyway. But we...