Word: derailings
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They and dozens of other area students joined thousands who gathered in the nation's capital in an attempt to derail yesterday's and today's meetings of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank. Similar efforts last year resulted in the premature ending of a Seattle meeting of the World Trade Organization...
With Clinton popular and the country in good shape, the GOP has been accused of putting politics over policy - trying to derail an effective president, even if that means threatening the nation's unprecedented prosperity. This criticism could persist if Al Gore or Hillary Clinton win their respective races but still have to answer questions for their ex-boss/husband...
After Mass. Attorney General Thomas F. Reilly said Wednesday that Harvard's actions "placed a cloud" over the HPHC rehabilitation, University officials said they had no intent to derail the process...
...system in which businesses keep little or no overstock on hand. Instead, they place orders as needed, relying on speedy delivery to meet demand. The practice saves on storage costs and expensive markdowns, but it leaves companies at the mercy of delivery systems and the weather that can, literally, derail them. When a huge airline hub like Chicago is slowed down by inclement weather, companies feel it across the country...
...economy roared into the 21st century like a bullet train last quarter, and the vibrations it created were rattling the china on Wall Street last week. Stock prices plunged on fears of higher inflation and rising interest rates, but neither of these variables seems likely to derail the economy this year or possibly even next...