Word: chillness
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...biggest chill has come over raiders who once promised to run companies more efficiently than did the bosses they ousted. Largely self-made men who flaunted their contempt for corporate America, many raiders have had a rude comeuppance. Some have suffered much greater setbacks than others, but few are flying as high as they did in their heydays. Among the consequences of their deals...
...both above and below the reserve." (A chandelier bid above the reserve violates present rules.) Aponte was also concerned about the practices of not announcing buy-ins and of keeping reserves secret. The auction houses held that if bidders knew what the reserve on a lot was, it would chill the market. Art dealers, lobbying the agency, maintained that the reserve should be disclosed and that bidding should start...
Sure enough, Yale quarterback Darin Kehler led his unit to three quick touchdowns, delighting the Eli faithful among the 59,263 souls who braved the Yale Bowl chill...
This outburst of randiness may have cost Giulio his Roman career. Raphael was dead, and his former assistants were now maneuvering on their own for the big commissions. But with Luther raging against Vatican corruption and a reformist chill blowing through the papal court, Pope Clement VII was not going to make a pornographer his official painter. At this point Baldassare Castiglione, Raphael's friend and author of The Courtier, fixed Giulio up with his job in Mantua...
Barbara Benedek, who co-wrote The Big Chill with Immediate Family producer Lawrence Kasdan, pieced together the movie's sentimental screenplay. Benedek's greatest literary strength is her sense of timing. Immediate Family runs at a well-paced clip, which keeps the movie's short segments from becoming disjointed...