Word: cracking
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...which will run through Azerbaijan, Georgia and Turkey to bring Caspian Sea oil to the West. The project, argued BankTrack, violates the Equator Principles in key areas, notably in regard to protection of indigenous peoples. BankTrack suggested the Turkish government might use the new pipeline as an excuse to crack down on ethnic Kurds living along its route. Banca Intesa withdrew from the project last December, but both Citigroup and ABN Amro rejected BankTrack's criticisms and stayed on. "BTC is a complex and challenging transaction, but we felt on balance that it did meet the Equator Principles," says Richard...
...movies like this one are not about story. They are about--dare we say it?--lifestyles. XXXX must occasionally venture into the darker depths of the underworld, visiting dank crack pads and scuzzy lairs where money is laundered or drugs cut for street sale. These director Matthew Vaughn presents with a glum and familiar realism...
...biological clock is ticking. They are constantly reminded that they are aging." The regular reminders of fertility are replaced by the insistent signals of menopause. Anthropologists say male status is typically tied to money and power, which explains why the standard male midlife crisis is triggered by a career crack-up. Women's turmoil often reflects events in their personal lives as well as the accumulated stress of years of ladder climbing, multitasking and barrier breaking. Nearly three-quarters of women from 40 to 54 in a Yankelovich Monitor study said life is "much too complicated...
...Fried ’04 was one of five skaters who attempted the to crack the professional ranks after graduation, skating four exhibition games with the NHL’s Ottawa Senators, one with the American Hockey League’s Binghamton Senators, and one with the East Coast Hockey League’s Gwinnett Gladiators...
...Kinkopf ’04, says of his band The Indefinite Article’s: “We lie somewhere in between straight live hip-hop and crazy whacked-out rock-hop. Someone called us, ‘The Roots on crack, but in detox.’ That someone...