Word: boot
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...explained recently in the pages of TIME why the farm bill was bad agricultural, fiscal and environmental policy; bad water, energy, land and health policy; and bad foreign policy to boot. At a time when farm incomes are at an all-time high, the legislation would perpetuate a system that redistributes billions of dollars from taxpayers to wealthy farmers, particularly the huge industrial operators who devour the most water and fossil fuels, spew the most pesticides, erode the most soil, grow the most fattening foods, and use their handouts to buy out smaller farmers and depopulate rural America. Only...
...environmental consultant by day and an avid cyclist to boot, Kelley cites the example of creating alternatives to driving, an issue he has made a priority on the council...
...look like a whore,” she said, tugging down on her shirt. “Plus, when I’m not saving the world, I do like to have a little fun.” And you’re promoting equal gender rights to boot! I shudder at the thought of Sexy Uncle Sam. Bet you didn’t think that you would still be dressing up for Halloween in college. “It’s great, this is about the only cause that Harvard students are dedicated...
...Still, in a nation where every touch of boot to ball carries cataclysmic importance, "For any sport to try and successfully enter the market and build a large and sustainable fan base would be incredibly difficult," says Simon Chadwick, professor and director of the Birkbeck Sport Business Centre at the University of London. That won't deter them from trying. The NBA, which in 2006 plucked its top draft pick from Italy and featured 2007 regular-season and Finals MVPs from Germany and France, can "absolutely" grow to rival soccer's popularity in Europe, says Heidi Ueberroth, president of global...
...bucked the trend were Goldman Sachs and JPMorgan Chase. The latter's success got the most attention because its CEO, Jamie Dimon, was once in line to succeed Sandy Weill at Citigroup. According to Monica Langley's book Tearing Down the Walls, Dimon, a notoriously tough manager, got the boot after losing his temper with a fellow executive who had been rude to a colleague's wife at a 1998 corporate retreat. Prince, Weill's legal adviser, inherited the top job in his place...