"Not for you, it isn't," Jiggs said, finally biting the bullet.

After more than two years of intense self-examination, Life magazine finally bit the bullet and made the decision to remain a monthly.

The next day, he tried to tear off a piece of bread to eat, but he could not, until he finally bit it.

"Well, I finally bit the bullet and bought a living trap," she said.

When he finally bit the bullet on Bosnia, it helped redefine his Presidency.

His firm is finally biting the bullet and opening an office in Manhattan.

"They finally bit the bullet and put into effect a tough set of standards," Mr. Armstrong said.

But the assumption in the diplomatic community here is that the United Nations trade sanctions against Iraq are finally biting.

I keep forgetting," he said, finally biting into his hamburger.

It finally bit me, twisting its neck more than I would have thought possible and catching my right index finger right on the knuckle.