41.   Osmond said family and religion have given her life stability, preventing the emotional nosedives so many of her performer friends have experienced during lean times.

42.   Other echoes of the lean times resonate as well.

43.   Paul Pierce remembered the lean times last week.

44.   Rosen declined to predict how long the lean times would last.

45.   So there were some lean times?

46.   Supposedly, companies cut back on customer service in lean times, which leads consumers to spend less.

47.   That does make for lean times, like not being able to buy a new stove.

48.   The bassist added that pockets of fans throughout the world kept the Droogs afloat during the lean times.

49.   The Flames were forced to bring back Andrei Trefilov as a stopgap, but it looks like lean times until Wregget gets back in shape.

50.   The move by CBS comes during a particularly lean time for ad-supported media.