Word: albatross
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...Gore's eight-hour stopover, then, may hang like an albatross if a deal acceptable to the Senate cannot be brokered in the next three days ? which in turn depends on getting developing nations on board. "The imperative is to do what we promise, rather than to promise what we cannot do," Gore said in a subtle dig at the European delegation. If Kyoto's promise falls flat, he'll get it from both sides back home for what...
There was every reason for my parents to borrow money--they were fighting a depression and Hitler. There was no reason for my generation to borrow money (i.e. to pre-spend your money) yet we have left an albatross of debt on your generation the magnitude of which few understand...
Likewise, although he later recovered with his anti-auto tax mantra, Gilmore faced some rough going early on over the abortion issue--proving that it remains an albatross around the neck of many pro-life candidates in their efforts to cut into the Democratic advantage with female voters...
Responding to reports that the title "emeritus" may be an albatross for professors seeking an active retirement, the Faculty Council yesterday considered an alternative title for Faculty ending their teaching careers...
...post-Mac operating system, Rhapsody, based on Jobs' NeXT technology, which Apple shelled out $424 million for last winter? True believers call Rhapsody the greatest OS ever and Apple's savior (Tim Berners-Lee did invent the Web on it); skeptics call NeXT a marketplace failure and an albatross Apple should have left around Steve Jobs' neck. Regardless, it's hard--very, very hard--to see any OS other than Windows--probably the powerful NT version--flourishing under digital networks' natural tendency toward monopoly...