Tom had been too much interested in his talk with Luke, in going the round of the premises, walking in and out where he pleased, and whittling sticks without any particular reason,—except that he didn't whittle sticks at school,—to think of Maggie and the effect his anger had produced on her.
Standard & Poor's, along with the other agencies, have been whittling away at Russia's credit ratings since the conflict with Ukraine began, and oil prices started to slide.
