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Word: gulpers (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 2009-2009
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...dropping price of gas is an ominous indication of the contracting global economy, but I cheer up every time I drive by the pump ($1.78 a gallon!) in my new gas-sipping subcompact. Like some of my neighbors, I downsized last spring after years of driving a relative gas gulper. Small businesses nearby - the outfitter's store, the little cheesecake shop, the coffeehouse, even the independent bookstore - are still open. Word has it that one neighbor finally found a new job and another started a new career. Even die-hard Republicans have high hopes for the new President...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Hard Times: From Wall Street to Elm Street | 1/7/2009 | See Source »

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