Word: hiked
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...then, who wants to hike past a sign saying YOU ARE ENTERING CHIPMUNK COUNTRY? In South Africa people pay to get lowered into the brine in a shark cage, just for the thrill of cringing as the great whites go leering by. Maybe it's character building to be reminded that we aren't the only predators on the planet, that we're pretty puny ones, in fact, compared with those that do their meat-processing without the aid of metal implements. Maybe, if there were no bears to cull the human population, the wilderness would be overrun by AARP...
Studios admit that attacking the cost of top talent will be next to impossible. "The weakest studio sets the marketplace," Chernin says. "Whoever is the most panic- driven will hike up the costs." Instead, they will set their sights on mid-level stars without a proven ability to attract crowds. "Michael Keaton (Multiplicity) or Alec Baldwin (Heaven's Prisoners)--they better deliver the goods," says a studio chief...
...press conference this morning to announce that the U.S. economy had grown at a heady 4.2 percent from April to June, the fastest growth since 1994. "This is good news for America, more evidence that our economic strategy is working," said Clinton. Investor fears that the Federal Reserve will hike short-term interest rates to ward off the inflation that usually accompanies rapid growth have been eased by reports that inflation is not heating up. (While the GDP rose 4.2 percent, the price index climbed just 2 percent.) In response to this morning's report, the Dole campaign called...
...YORK CITY: Stocks plummeted for the third time in seven sessions Monday, as investors moved to insulate themselves from new earnings disappointments and a possible interest rate hike. The Dow Jones Industrial Average suffered its fourth-worst point drop ever, falling 161.05 points to close at 5,349.51. That represents its steepest slide since March 8 and its lowest close since late January. The Dow has now shed 7.4 percent from its record high of 5,778.00 on May 22. The technology-heavy Nasdaq index plunged 43.60 to 1,059.89 -- the equivalent of a 220-point drop...
...really wanted to know what was on the other side, then we would sail our ship. We would have Happy Hour every hour and it wouldn't be predicated upon alcohol. We would hike in the Andes mountains full time, or spend our total effort working to help the indigent in Calcutta, or continually enjoying roasted goat in Rome...