Word: lapped
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...spending bill of enormous size must be passed with the cooperation of political enemies in a compressed timetable. It is a challenge that will soon dwarf the abilities of Obama to shine in front of cameras on Capitol Hill. On Monday he got to do a victory lap. By the end of the day, the real work will begin...
That volatility was all positive and profitable as Las Vegas morphed from a place where people went just to gamble and get a lap dance to a destination where middle Americans wanted to vacation. It became so mainstream that even the Southern Baptists had a convention in the city. "Visitors were coming to hotels at rates of 90% - a signal to expand," Schwer explains. "And interest rates dropped, so there was readily available cash to do just that." Jan Freitag, a hotel analyst at Smith Travel Research, agrees: "There was the sense that if you build it, they will come...
...Still, you don't hear any of the Big Three these days even thinking of opening a $1.2 billion, 2,000-employee facility in Georgia, as South Korea's Kia is set to do next year. It's enough to make a NASCAR driver take a victory lap...
...iPhone? Well let me tell you what Uncle Cliff’s going to do for you. No, don’t touch your uncle’s eggnog. I’m going to give you an iPhone without the music, the video—sit on my LAP, damn it—without the touch-screen, the sleek interface, or a reliable network. How does that sound? Johnny, have I ever told you that you look like a young Cary Grant? 3. “Valkyrie”—Leave it to a can?...
...issue. Given a new U.S. Administration and anticipated changes at the top of the FCC, it is unlikely that the dueling petitions before the agency will move at anything approaching warp speed, despite mounting pressure from state prison authorities. Most observers expect this debate to land in the lap of Congress. Meanwhile, prison authorities will continue with their cavity searches...