Word: bottomed
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...down, a four-letter word for "meal for the humble?" "Well," he said, "here's one that's appropriate for today." (Answer: crow.) When the plane touched down, the crowds were waiting, eager and therapeutic, waving handmade signs that called WELCOME BACK and MV LOVES BILL. At the bottom of the steps to greet him with a bear hug when Air Force One touched down in Edgartown, Mass., was Vernon Jordan...
...Limp Bizkit's debut record, upon release in July 1997, landed on the Billboard Heatseekers Chart and stayed there for more than 40 weeks; it will be gold by September. The writer noted that after an initial boost from pay-for-play, Limp Bizkit's album sank to the bottom quarter of the Billboard Top 200. By early August, however, it had reached No. 132 and is on the rise. Also, the group is not from Southern California, as you said, but from Jacksonville, Fla. Flip Records does not rely on radio or music videos to break its bands. Instead...
...would have unleashed a torrent of complaints that affirmative action has led to the hiring of less-qualified minorities and a diminution in journalistic standards. That's what Howell Raines, editor of the New York Times' editorial page, was getting at when he wrote that "the historical bottom line of this event will be that a white guy with the right connections got pardoned for offenses that would have taken down a minority or female journalist." Note the attribution: I wouldn't dare borrow anything from Mr. Raines, much less relegate him to a footnote...
...revenge fantasy for loyal wives, Republicans and the reporters forced to spend a dead day staking out the White House. But America needed -- it deserved -- some substitute for the tears. If not a palpable display of emotion, then something lofty it could cash in for seven months' of bottom-feeding. Something to conclude the transaction. Clinton needed just a bit of eloquence to show that he meant to take charge again not just of his life but of the nation's. This time, sadly, the President who can talk his way out of anything, said nothing...
Sure, we can all hold off buying until the TV stock gurus tell us some market "bottom" has been reached. We can all sit in cash and never take any risk. Or we can buy companies we've researched and believe in that are pulled down by panicky selling of the overall market. The latter is what's called investing...