at the bottom of the heap

It tells the story of Bertie Bee who is at the bottom of the heap in a tightly run, busy little beehive, and spends his day pollinating boring old apples.

Without such data - as was the situation before banding was introduced - there is a risk that schools at the top of the pile can rest on their laurels, while those at the bottom of the heap feel doomed to fail.

Imran, as well as fellow teenybopper heartthrob Ranbir Kapoor, rated Sonam at the bottom of the heap when asked individually to rate the top divas of the hour -- Katrina Kaif, Kareena Kapoor, Deepika, Priyanka Chopra and Sonam -- on a variety of criteria.

Today they take on a South Hetton team devastated by their dramatic one-run defeat last weekend that dumped them at the bottom of the heap. And then on Monday they play the side that pulled off that remarkable win, but who are not yet out of the mire, Durham City.

POST-NATAL depression is a very serious illness, yet mothers suffering from it seem to come right down at the bottom of the heap when it comes to getting the treatment they need.

But why restrict our disgust to those at the bottom of the heap?

I also believe he is wiser now to listen to advice from a man who started his own managerial life at the bottom of the heap with Swansea, took them to the top league and went on to coach Real Madrid.

Accepting the dubious doctrine that children should be"confirmed in their culture," however low it may be, teachers have given up trying to raise those at the bottom of the heap, with the result that we now have a society based on anti-social behaviour, vile language, drunkenness and sexual excess.

It's life at the bottom of the heap - a place where we all hope we'll never have to live.

People such as the Chief Constable and Mayor Mallon appear to have no concept of life at the bottom of the heap.

Fay proved a rough diamond worth watching as she tried to cope with her life at the bottom of the heap and the return of her jailbird husband.

At the bottom of the heap with disastrous losses in 1999, construction company Ingenieros Civiles Asociados (ICA) will even see a further decline in 2000.

The point is that those at the bottom of the heap have very little impact on the environment.

Within the Dow NIKE +11.4% (after solid sales/earnings), AMEX +2% and Exxon +1.7% are the top gainers, while Walgreens -0.6% and Verizon -0.5% are at the bottom of the heap. NYMEX crude is 0.8% firmer near $74 bbl, below earlier highs, while the dollar index is 0.77% lower near 94.50.

We are at the bottom of the heap among the countries in Southeast Asia.