Word: jigged
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...pendulum is swinging now in the right direction. There are clean rules and strict guidelines. The jig is up...the days of unregulated use of the casual payroll is over," Jaeger said...
...Each band member is a real artist in his own right, and together Ian Steams, Reggie Martell, Ty Gibbons '00 and Frisbay create a unique sound. It is hard to succinctly describe a song set that included jazz breakdowns, a slide didgeridoo, the drummer on vocals and a jig. Some lounge, some first wave ska and some B.B. King slipped through, but most palpable was the band's cohesion and experience. Hailing from Brattleboro, Vt., the four began playing together in high school and have been performing professionally (in various forms) since 1993 throughout New England and at many festivals...
...passed in today's White House, I could have passed the standards applied under the most stringent conditions when my dad was president, a 15-year period." Bush Sr. signed up for the job in 1989, so now we?re back to 1974 ?- when Bush was 28 ? and the jig is pretty much...
...pins and needles again. Well, never mind. The Producer Price Index for June, which measures inflation before it hits the consumer, actually dipped an unexpected 0.1 percent, reported the Commerce Department on Wednesday. The stock markets, thus relieved anew about Alan Greenspan?s plans for August, did a little jig at the opening bell ? but then took a dive into negative territory by noon. What gives? Despite the good news, says TIME senior economics reporter Bernard Baumohl, all is not well on the Street these days...
...Possibly" is the key word because for now, dreamy values for Internet companies persist. The jig isn't up, and it may be that this isn't a jig at all. AOL, which has risen from $86 to $164 in the past five weeks, may indeed be the most profitable company in the U.S. some years from now, though last year it strained to make $92 million. It's certainly priced for success. With a market value of $166 billion, it's already more than two times as expensive as Ford, the reigning profits champ last year at $22 billion...