She trimmed off the loose threads.

After years of fast and loose lending, major banks have begun tightening standards for loans to small businesses -- often described as the backbone of the jobs market.

The same logic also seems to fit naturally with how people link concepts together, often on the basis of loose associations and blurred boundaries.

The next day the team began to sieve the loose, sandy silt around the spot - more hand bones and foot bones turned up.

"You come out and shower with the suit on to get loose contamination off, take off the suit and then shower again to get it off your skin, " he said.