Word: bulled
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...didn't want to play the bull OR the matador's cape when dancing the paso doble...
...funny thing about bull markets is that by the time you're seeing new highs, often the ride is all but over. Last spring the Dow flirted with a record but collapsed into a dismaying summer swoon. Will the autumn surge be another false positive? Consider the odds: over the past 100 years, half of all sustained market rallies (measured by the Standard & Poor's 500) ended without reaching their reigning all-time high or dried up shortly thereafter, according to the Leuthold Group...
...This bull market is now entering its fifth year--outlasting the typical bull. And there are some clear trouble spots developing. One is the weak housing market, which is shutting down the easy money from home-equity borrowing. Another is higher rates, which have begun to hit home owners where it really hurts. Some $2 trillion worth of adjustable-rate mortgages is scheduled to reset at a steeper rate by the end of 2008, estimates Moody's Economy.com A recession next year is not out of the question...
...Bring on the Bulls" [Sept. 25], on the popularity of bull-riding shows on TV: I was disappointed to see such a promotion of blatant animal cruelty. I grew up on a cattle farm and know that bucking is not normal behavior for bulls. Those exploited by the Professional Bull Riders are domesticated animals that "perform" out of fear and in response to irritation from electric shocks, painful bucking straps, tail twisting and flesh-gouging spurs. The supposedly aggressive behavior is actually a terrified animal's attempt to escape extreme pain. I urge fans of bull riding to find forms...
...being plotted, don't you know? Heaven forbid a US official, past or present, actually speaks to you at such a conclave (better they speak to the opposition in exile, armed with their irrelevant memories of the 1970s). You might as well come back to Tehran with a bull's eye painted on the back of your headscarf...