11.   Putting their hopes in Bronfman and Turner shows how hard up Time Warner shareholders are for good management.

12.   Some of the owners are hard up for cash thanks to losses wrought by the strike.

13.   The green paper insert in a newspaper beckons people hard up for cash to apply for a loan.

14.   Though the ride is quiet, the engine does get boomy under acceleration or working hard up grades.

15.   Today it is hard up and struggling to find a new identity.

16.   Her first child was then less than a year old and she was financially hard up.

17.   Like Madonna, Carey too was hard up for cash.

18.   Seventy-seven days into his search for deep solitude in the misty forest of the Rogue River canyon, John Daniel was hard up against it.

19.   The report noted that many African government are hard up, heavily dependent on borrowing and foreign grants to meet their budget deficits.

20.   An official at Pierre Champion, a leading mail order firm for foie gras and other delicacies, said firms seemed to be more and more hard up.