Word: fodder
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...spotlight, in closed meetings held high in lobbied skyscrapers; where procedural minutiae are the one and only way, and the will of the judge is to be revered and respected, such activities are seen as highly iconoclastic, and even destructive. On the blogosphere, the quirky moves are dynamic fodder, taking on their own classification—“Nessonalia” or “Nessianic influences,” they have been called. Even to the students who work for and admire him, some of Nesson’s schemes have seemed extremely strange. “There...
...through the event, the conversation veered away from war reporting to a discussion about the complications of attractiveness in the journalism business. In a Washington Post profile last year, Logan, who recently re-married in Nov. 2008, complained that her life was being reduced to “tabloid fodder.” And at Kirkland on Friday, she acknowledged that while she has attracted undue attention because of her blonde hair and good looks, she wants to be judged based on the quality of her work. “Being a journalist is an extension of what I believe...
...shout-out heard around the world: Texas' Republican governor Rick Perry's praise for his state's tea-party protesters, accompanied by not-so-veiled references to a potential Lone Star State secession. The remarks prompted glaring red-website headlines and instant fodder for cable-TV pundits. But for Texas political insiders, Perry's waving of the flag of secession was just the latest volley in a Texas-size Republican civil war - a face-off between Perry and his potential rival for the 2010 Republican gubernatorial nomination, U.S. Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison. (See pictures of tea-party tax protests across...
...often unaffordable for the majority in India. For instance, Monensin, an antibiotic whose slow-release formula reduces methane emission by cows, proved too expensive for widespread use in India. So the emphasis for Indian scientists is on indigenous solutions. "We know we cannot count on high-quality feed and fodder," says Singhal. "No one will be able to afford it. What we have done instead is develop cheaper technologies and products." One example is urea-molasses-mineral blocks that are cheap, reduce methane emission by 20%, and also provide more nutrition, so they're easier to sell to illiterate farmers...
...forecasting cycle that drives the market is low on fodder since the earnings season is under way and the latest unemployment numbers are tucked neatly into the bed of economic prediction models. But, housing is an evergreen topic and a ready harbor for those who have no other numbers to obsess over...