Word: bets
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...wants to show its power over the industry." Indeed, Chinese authorities are in an awkward situation regarding video sharing: while they want to continue to act as gatekeepers for what ordinary Chinese can see and do online, they don't want to risk alienating the foreign investors who have bet heavily on China's Internet growth. Still, China's video-sharing sites are taking the ruling seriously. "The effect of the new regulation is still unclear," says Tudou CEO Wang, but he adds that whatever the outcome, the company would abide by the law. "The bottom line...
...stoking the fire, of deliberately misunderstanding the other (and there is a lot of that going on, here, too) and both sides have had their various lieutenants and seconds trying to "help" explain things, which almost always makes things worse. That much was clear over the weekend, when BET founder Bob Johnson, in trying to defend the Clintons, appeared to all the world to be bringing up Obama's admitted history of drug use (Johnson later claimed he was actually referring to Obama's history as a community organizer, a laughable explanation that only dug the hole deeper...
...Unaligned strategists say that Romney will undoubtedly continue his stream of "comparison" ads, that his best bet still is to depress McCain votes - a tactic that may work well in Michigan because it's a state where Mike Huckabee will again find a strong base of Evangelical support. The McCain camp, however, vigorously disputes that interpretation. "We're thrilled Huck's on the air in Michigan," one McCain adviser says. "He takes votes away from Romney that we would never...
Barack Obama, hoping to ride a wave of support from Democrats and independent voters, wrapped up his campaign in New Hampshire by promising to build a "working majority for change," by responding directly to questions about his qualifications raised by the Clinton campaign - and then by making a bet that "the excitement is just beginning...
Which may be why The Wire has drawn an African-American and working-class following. The series has rerun on BET, and Simon recalls riding the A train, which runs through Harlem, on a visit to New York City to edit the show: "There were guys on Monday morning hawking bootleg DVDs of the episode that was on HBO Sunday night. The part of me who has a little pirate hat on his head thought that was pretty cool...