1.   Add lemon thyme sprigs and lemon juice and stir well, scraping bottom of pan.

2.   Add sugar, and stir well, scraping bottom of pot.

3.   European bond investors, meantime, are beginning to expect that interest rates are scraping bottom as Western Europe emerges from recession.

4.   Meantime, some fund managers are betting that European and Japanese rates are scraping bottom, and will rise in the months ahead as those economies rebound.

5.   The economy seems to be scraping bottom.

6.   Want proof that the film restoration craze is in no danger of scraping bottom?