Word: drove
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 2000-2009
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...Luis Guevara, 50, is a Caracas cabbie who for decades drove wheezing, beat-up taxis because an elitist banking system denied him the kind of small business loan so desperately needed all over Latin America. Last year, under a microcredit project for wannabe capitalists created by Chavez from Venezuela's record oil windfalls, Guevara got a $15,000 loan at a reasonable interest rate; now he owns a new Chevrolet he can use to pick up fat fares at the airport. Guevara could care less what you call the policy: "It works for me whatever...
Everything is in cash in our part of the country. It's based on trust. You have to do your due diligence. Our builder, who is hugely honest, needed a large amount up front, so we drove to the bank. You really haven't lived until you've transported 200,000 pesos--almost $20,000--in a large Cheetos bag and handed it to your builder on a handshake...
...them a chance to demystify their theology and customs. But church officials also calculate that Romney's bid to succeed George W. Bush could remind some mainstream Christians just how different Mormonism is from their faith and perhaps expose their flock to more of the sort of discrimination that drove their founders west by handcart and covered wagon into the Great Salt Lake Valley...
...where Nissan earns the bulk of its profits, full-size vehicles like the Armada SUV and Titan pickup need generous incentives to sell, even as gas prices have come down. Armada and Titan drove Nissan into new segments but not without picking up some dents. Both models have scored dismally in consumer surveys of vehicle reliability, tarnishing Nissan's image as a high-quality Japanese brand...
...tale heading off the U.S.'s more recent adventure in Iraq. In 1982, the U.S. backed an Israeli plan to invade Lebanon and destroy the Palestine Liberation Organization, kick out Syrian troops and install a pro-Western, Israel-friendly government led by Lebanese Maronite Christian leader Bashir Gemayel. Israel drove out the PLO, only to start negotiating with Yasser Arafat after a Palestinian uprising in the West Bank and Gaza trip a few years later. Suspected Syrian agents assassinated Bashir Gemayel days before his presidential inauguration. His supporters retaliated by slaughtering hundreds of Palestinians in the Sabra and Chatila refugee...