Word: canceled
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...Manhattan because no one is getting out of Manhattan, and I’m not going to be back for my 11 o’clock lecture tomorrow.” And Skip Gates went and informed Martha Nadell, my friend, that he was going to show up and cancel classes the first day. When he showed up the next day, Cornel West suddenly walked in because he had borrowed a friend’s car and drove from Manhattan in the morning so he could be at his class. There are very few people who teach at this university...
...We’re delaying discretionary spending where we can, but we don’t feel the need to cancel anything major that is already underway,” Rapier says...
...retirement and financial security remain major concerns among voters. A Los Angeles Times poll this week revealed that an overwhelming majority of Americans would rather cancel tax cuts in the future than raid Social Security to pay for them. Democrats think that reciting dry budget forecasts won't stir up the voters, but framing the debate around the Enron scandal will. Republicans disagree, arguing the public still perceives Democrats as the big spenders and the GOP as the party of fiscal responsibility. "Enronization" won't have legs, GOP operatives assure me. "It's kind of a cute tactic," says...
...shipped. By offering retailers deep discounts to place orders months before they normally would and by booking those sales immediately, Dunlap was able to show escalating revenue and earnings. Eventually, though, the scheme collapsed as retailers couldn't sell enough appliances even at discount prices and had to cancel orders...
...best in the absurd and sad context of daily news. In fact, the San Francisco protesters had their fury appeased when the comics page editor announced to the crowed the re-instatement of "Zippy the Pinhead." Following a brief "huzzah" the protesters, in true Zippy spirit, reportedly began shouting "Cancel Zippy...