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