Word: flip-flopped
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...some conservatives to sweep away the graduated income tax altogether. Even as he introduced the Kerrey-Portman bill, Archer, who supports a national sales tax, said it was just a holding measure "until the great day comes when we can abolish the income tax completely." A White House flip-flop on that one would be something...
...five years earlier; now you can own Chevron and Mobil that way. Disney's move to reinstate direct purchase most likely will have influence outside its industry as well. CEOs of all stripes will probably conclude that it must have good reason--beyond the p.r. pop--for the flip-flop...
...addition, scientists have begun to get a better understanding of the sun's magnetic properties, which may hold the answer to what generates solar storms. While Earth's north and south magnetic poles have remained in place for the past 30,000 years, the sun's poles flip-flop every 11 years--so that the needles of any would-be solar compasses would swing 180[degrees]. The reversal is preceded by a kind of magnetic sparkling across the sun's surface--as if it were suddenly the site of millions of toy magnets, each with its own poles...
...terms of the climate machine, El Nino is more than just a sudden warm current off Peru. It refers to a rise in sea-surface temperatures over much of the equatorial Pacific as well as a change in winds and ocean currents. Indeed, there is a kind of climatic flip-flop, with a reversal of conditions across a wide stretch of ocean. Consequently, climate experts no longer refer to El Nino alone but speak of the El Nino Southern Oscillation. Rather like a pendulum, the ENSO cycle swings between an El Nino state and its opposite, a cold-water state...
...specter of economic retaliation--and the fact that Texaco executives were caught red-handed using racially insulting language as they discussed the destruction of evidence--that motivated Texaco chairman Peter I. Bijur to perform the most spectacular flip-flop since Kerri Strug's Olympic showstopper. In a textbook feat of corporate damage control, he agreed last week to spend $176 million to end the lawsuit filed by black employees whom Texaco has been stonewalling for years. The pact contains the most lucrative settlement ever of a U.S. discrimination case. If wholeheartedly implemented, it could transform Texaco from a bastion...