Word: cowed
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...could have it all ways - is all gone. Daschle needn't even hit too hard on the tax bill that, after all, 10 of his compatriots helped pass - all he's got to say is that the surpluses are gone (ahem) the economy may not be the IRS cash cow it was in the late '90s (ahem again) and that the post Sept. 11 world is going to require spending on necessaries and saving for the demographic looting of entitlement programs to come...
...mirror. If that's her first name, no wonder she goes by Jordan KEN CAMINITI Onetime baseball MVP is busted in Houston for crack. Cami may want to rethink his decision to quit baseball for a career of drug addiction KING MSWATI III Swaziland royal fines himself one cow after marrying an underage girl, proving that he remains impartial despite the conflict of interest...
...Shaolin is now one of China's most popular tourist destinations and impoverished Henan's most reliable cash cow. The temple drew more than a million visitors last year. For $5 they get a tour of the spruced-up shrine with a local guide well-versed in its elaborately embroidered history. Picturesquely decrepit old-timers man donation boxes at each stop along the way, and then it's off to buy tiny brass Buddhas and plastic prayer beads at stalls crowding the temple's gates. For martial arts displays, a lucky visitor might spot a young boy in a monk...
...Harry Potter and the Mid-Life Crisis hits bookstores? Let’s just say that the grand literacy cause and the integrity of her creations were low on Rowling’s priority list when she decided to make her character a brand name. The Harry Potter cash cow clearly depicts the consequences of “corporate altruism”: Rowling benefits, the studio benefits, and the only people who lose in this situation are poor deluded consumers and kids. Repeat after Bill Watterson, creator of “Calvin and Hobbes:” I will...
...will take some convincing. The North American route, once a cash cow for many European airlines, has been the hardest hit in terms of cancellations. "Traffic on North American routes was down 25-30% initially, but we don?t know how much it will be affected going forward," said Nick van den Brul, airline analyst at BNP Paribas in London. The Association of European Airlines figures that Europe?s carriers lost $25 million a day in the aftermath of the Sept. 11 attacks. British Airways says it will scrap or suspend 190 flights, including 30 on the North Atlantic...