Word: dented
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...Blackstone transaction makes barely a dent in China's foreign-currency reserves, but it signals that the government wants to invest its dollar stash more aggressively. The deal was nicely timed--just before top Chinese officials arrived in Washington for talks aimed at reducing the bilateral trade deficit. "It's a safe bet. It's politically savvy and economically very smart," says Bank of America market strategist Joseph Quinlan. The Saudi plastics buy, in turn, is part of an effort to move up the economic food chain from pumping oil to making things of value...
...says he first learned of the existence of the photographs when they were aired two weeks ago on CBS's 60 Minutes II, went on Arab television to proclaim the abusive treatment "abhorrent" behavior that "does not represent the America that I know." His words weren't enough to dent the outrage of Muslims who wondered why he failed to apologize. A day later Bush finally said he was sorry, but America's image in much of the Arab world may well be irredeemable. U.S. officials tried to portray the sordid scenes as the isolated acts...
...universities hand out these things with abandon, often to people who never saw the inside of a classroom at this, or sometimes at any, university. These folks get honorary degrees because they gave the university a million or two from piles so large you can't even see the dent. Then she could go to the university health services and get another piece of paper stating that the résumé fib was the result of stress. She's the expert on résumé stress, after all. And then let her go back to the work she apparently does so well...
Though abortion activists are portraying Gonzales v. Carhart as a tragedy for reproductive rights, their alarmism may be a fundraising gimmick rather than a symbol of genuine concern for the Court’s decision. The PBA Ban Act won’t even dent abortion numbers, and Roe appears more like truly settled precedent than ever before. So the pro-choice crowd can dry their tears; abortion in America is alive and kicking...
...born and bred and vehement about my city, I thought Rudy Giuliani was a terrific mayor. He was a breath of fresh air after the dismal liberal hackery of his predecessor, David Dinkins. Giuliani made the city safer. He was an avid, detail-oriented manager, although he couldn't dent the city's school bureaucracy. He was an inspiring leader when the crisis came. He spoke his mind and did not suffer fools even a tiny bit--but then, creative incivility is part of the job description for a successful mayor of New York. I'm not sure, though, that...