Word: impromptu
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...their e-mail to Summers, the captains wrote that “we have never received treatment that befits an equal…Shouldn’t we get as much time on the top-quality Murr Center courts as recreational players who have made impromptu or casual reservations there...
...results were similar when they took an impromptu vote on the center as a whole—the 40 residents in attendance were unanimously opposed to CGIS...
...money as deposits but make bad loans--the banks must channel that money to productive entrepreneurs. The average tariff on all products will gradually dip below 10%, from 44% in 1991. Nontariff barriers like quotas and licensing will also ease; still harder to eliminate will be such thorns as impromptu road taxes and directed purchasing meant to support local businesses...
...verbally tossing NBA players through glass. Unlike other analysts, he refuses to ignore the obvious for the sake of stroking egos. When Atlanta Hawks guard Jacque Vaughn opened the season with an astonishing 23 consecutive missed shots, Barkley brought a Bible to the set and held an impromptu "Pray for Jacque" revival. Informed live that Vaughn hit a lay-up, Barkley exalted. "He scored? The power of prayer...
...bullhorn rather than a mike to reach the men of action at ground zero. A few days later, he was criticized for sounding like Dirty Harry channeling Winston Churchill--but his vow to take bin Laden "dead or alive" had an appealing clarity. And last week an impromptu Bush put the war in perspective after introducing the Nigerian President in the Rose Garden. Squinting into the sun, which eliminates any temptation to smirk or bite his lip, Bush promised that "we're on the hunt" and we're "going to chase them down," then advised impatient Americans to get over...