Word: duds
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...your photographers catch a pear tree blossoming? A wren scolding? A schoolboy playing? John F. Waldron Virginia Beach, Virginia, U.S. Checking Out Bush's Numbers The essay by Patricia Marx, "Check Out My New Numbers," with totally made-up statistics about President Bush [Dec. 19], was a real dud. I have no problem with puzzling over the strange mind of W. or with Time's taking up a full page to develop a keen, witty perspective on some topical issue, but Marx's piece was, at best, filler. It seemed like one of those papers I wrote on the school...
...essay by Patricia Marx, "Check out My New Numbers," with totally made-up statistics about President Bush [Dec.19], was a real dud. I have no problem with puzzling over the strange mind of W. or with Time's taking up a full page to develop a keen, witty perspective on some topical issue, but Marx's piece was, at best, filler. It seemed like one of those papers I wrote on the school bus on the way to class despite having had two weeks to get it done. TOM WRIGHT Burke...
...Honshu, at 8:15 a.m.; the crew was 15 seconds later than planned. The plane then dropped a single bomb, weighing five tons. Says Van Kirk: "I was timing it with my watch. It was supposed to take 43 seconds, and we all concluded it had been a dud, because it took longer. Then it exploded." The pilot of the Enola Gay, Colonel Paul Tibbets, had put the plane into a 180? turn to the west and was getting away from the target as fast as he could. "All we saw," recalls Van Kirk, "was a bright flash...
...When I threatened to change the locks, she whacked me on the head with her handbag and warned, "I know people in this town, and you're going to end up at the bottom of the East River." She moved out the next day, but the investment remained a dud. After eight miserable years, we sold out at a loss...
...make Kerkorian one of GM's largest and most potentially nettlesome stockholders. Why GM, and why now? Just a couple of months ago, when a friend broached the idea, the billionaire brushed it off. "He said, 'They have a lot of problems,'" recalls Mason. GM stock has been a dud, and despite popping 18% after Tracinda announced its stake, the company received a major blow last week when Standard & Poor's downgraded GM's credit rating to junk (along with Ford's). "Kirk thinks it's a strong company, with strong cash flow and strong assets," says his lawyer Terry...