Word: drivingly
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...well. And he has a possible solution: "Membership clubs!" he says. "If you want to see all the information we collect on Amazon--the customer reviews, the professional reviews and use our agenting technology--you have to pay $30 a year." Those membership fees would be used to help drive down the price of items, which would be sold almost at cost. Nonmembers could shop there, of course. They just wouldn't have access to Amazon's rich data and whizzy technology...
...people in Atlanta drive: "Look! Look at this idiot! I guarantee you she's a Japanese woman...
...shoo the homeless out of sight. Chicago has privatized sidewalks in front of businesses, which means that anyone who loiters is trespassing. In Sacramento, Calif., police will pay for one-way bus tickets out of state for homeless with family or jobs to go to. In its attempts to drive the homeless from downtown, San Francisco has even arrested nuns serving hot meals in the United Nations Plaza--for lacking a proper permit. Most of the 20,000 citations reportedly issued this year by San Francisco have gone unpaid, yet the campaign has become a flash point in the city...
...such thing as a global marketplace. There is only the same old colonial imperialism exploiting Third World labor rates. Only now it is driven by multinational businesses instead of political entities. When the average Chinese worker is able to pay $100 for his kids' sneakers and can afford to drive a Ford to his local Starbucks, you can talk to me about a global economy. MATT LESNIESKI Stanhope...
...love golf, but the prize money just isn't motivating me like it used to. What can I do? A If you live in Australia, there's hope. A charity golf tournament organized by a cosmetic-surgery firm offered a penis enlargement for the man with the longest drive and a breast enlargement to the woman with the best round. In response, the government is trying to ban surgical prizes...