Word: epicent
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...worldwide, irrationality appears to be the order of the day. Rarely have investors been so prone to bouts of panic selling, punctuated by spasms of equally frenzied buying. The Dow Jones Industrial Average index lost nearly a quarter of its value between Oct. 1 and Oct. 27, including an epic 700-point drop on Oct. 15. The carnage was followed on Oct. 28 by a 900-point rise, the second largest points gain on record...
Obama Wins: Let the Parties Really Begin! 11 p.m. E.T. There's a light breeze, it's slightly chilly, and the sky is clear. Throngs of people have descended onto downtown Chicago for the epic presidential election of Barack Obama. One of them is Freddie Arnett, a 51-year-old Chicago maintenance supervisor who, along with his wife, stands on this city's main boulevard, Michigan Avenue, angling to get inside Grant Park, where Obama is scheduled to speak. "I'm just glad to have been alive to be a part of it," Arnett says. His expectations for a possible...
...biggest plays have set up goals for others. He had three assists in the Crimson’s last two regular season games, when the squad was fighting to clinch a first-round bye in the ECAC tournament. Biega also recorded an assist during last season’s epic Beanpot finale against No. 7 Boston College, who edged Harvard 6-5 in overtime. Part of Biega’s evolution as a player will include adjusting to new faces, as the forward will take the ice without two of his most frequent linemates, Paul Dufault...
...Complete with cowbells and warbling guitar riffs, they now uncannily resemble the many bands they have influenced, and leave us wondering who is influencing whom. “4:13 Dream” begins with the six-minute “Underneath the Stars,” featuring an epic two-minute intro including a drum machine, chimes, and—eventually—Smith’s echoing voice. Already it becomes clear that The Cure are enjoying the technology the recording studio has to offer. This fixation on a pop sound has created a strange dichotomy between...
...Constitution envisions a strong Congress, and that's just the way committee chairmen like it. After more than a dozen years of being stymied, first by Newt Gingrich and then by George W. Bush, congressional Democrats are bursting with pent-up ambitions and long-deferred dreams. Some are epic undertakings that would affect every American for decades - like the proposal to impose a cap on carbon dioxide emissions and put a price on permits to burn fossil fuels. Or the goal of completely reorganizing the way the U.S. manages health care. Other, smaller projects involve large amounts of controversy - like...