Word: furiously
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...jury is still out on whether retail investors, who have been sitting on cash for the past 18 months, will now make a beeline for the markets. "I'd prefer them to sit by the sidelines for a while as the rally has been so fast and furious," says Shankar Sharma, chairman of Mumbai-based First Global Securities. (Read about the five challenges facing India's election victors...
...public radio. At one point, I meant to say "Sieht so aus als haettest du all dein Deutsch vergessen," which means "I guess I've forgotten so much German." Only I misconjugated the verb vergessen to vergast, and when I came out of the interview, the publicist was a furious with me. Vergast is the past tense of the verb "to gas people to death." I even said Deutsch wrong - I put an r in it, which turns it into meaning "German people" instead of the language. What I actually said was, "I'm so sorry that I have gassed...
When Barack Obama informed congressional Republicans last month that he would support a controversial parliamentary move to protect health-care reform from a filibuster in the Senate, they were furious. That meant the bill could pass with a simple majority of 51 votes, eliminating the need for any GOP support. Where, they demanded, was the bipartisanship the President had promised? So, right there in the Cabinet Room, the President put a proposal on the table, according to two people who were present. Obama said he was willing to curb malpractice awards, a move long sought by Republicans that is certain...
...which the country's powerful and violent drug cartels have been allowed to terrorize far too many neighborhoods in too many cities like Juárez. Summoning his army to fill in for unreliable cops, Mexican President Felipe Calderón has brought the fight to the gangs, but their furious backlash has left more than 7,000 Mexicans murdered since the start of last year - almost 2,000 in Juárez alone. Still, through the fog of the drug war, especially on the bloodied border, it has become clearer to see what needs to be done to rein in the drug...
...Again, $24.1 million, first weekend 2. State of Play, $14.1 million, first weekend 3. Monsters vs. Aliens, $12.9 million; $162.7 million in 24 days 4. Hannah Montana: The Movie, $12.7 million; $56.1 million in 10 days 5. Fast & Furious, $12.3 million; $136.7 million in 17 days 6. Crank: High Voltage, $6.5 million, first weekend 7. Observe and Report, $4.1 million; $18.7 million in 10 days 8. Knowing, $3.5 million; $73.7 million in 31 days 9. I Love You, Man, $3.4 million; $64.7 million in 31 days 10. The Haunting in Connecticut, $3.2 million; $51.9 million in 24 days