Word: dente
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...theme ever since, privately speaking skeptically of Obama's big crowds and "Yes We Can" ritual chants. "The lofty rhetoric," said Steve Schmidt, McCain's message man, on a recent flight. "It's nonsense." This will not let up. McCain's campaign calculates that it must put a dent in Obama's powerful aura to keep a Republican in the White House...
...There are at present a number of viable alternatives that inhibit our breakneck carbon-emissions trajectory and have a potential to make a serious dent on the worldwide release of greenhouse gases. Among these are ethanol derived from sugar cane, which already drives approximately 85 percent of Brazil’s cars, and soy-derived biodiesel, which helps power all the diesel-burning trucks on our campus, according to David E. Harris, Jr., the general manager of operations and finance for Harvard University Transportation Services...
...Before 2004, the Boston Red Sox had not won a championship since 1918—beyond the memory of most living fans at the time—while having come so perilously close on many previous occasions. One would only have to whisper the names Bucky Dent, Bill Buckner, or Aaron Boone within earshot of a Boston fan to open the floodgates on a déluge of painful memories, of golden opportunities wasted, bitter tears shed, and an entire life of constancy and devotion unrequited...
...same time, the slowing economy started to dent sales. "They finally got to the point where their customer base was so broad it wasn't recession-proof," says Bear Stearns analyst Joseph Buckley. The summer of 2007 was particularly bad because of consumers' growing boredom with Frappuccinos, which make up about 15% of sales, according to UBS analyst David Palmer. Then, in the quarter ending in September, traffic at established U.S. stores fell 1%, the first drop ever. The next quarter, traffic dropped again--down 3%--and comp-store sales fell 1%, the first time Starbucks had ever swung negative...
...boycotts are empty gestures. Governments boycott, athletes suffer, and the only thing that changes is that the credibility of the Olympics as a festival of goodwill suffers another dent. Jesse Owens had the right idea. In 1936 he led the U.S. team at Hitler's Berlin Olympics--a black man in the land of Aryan supremacy. His four gold medals proved that quiet excellence can be a most eloquent statement...