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...light last week when New York attorney general Eliot Spitzer, who has made a career out of reading Wall Street's dirty email, asserted that "dozens" of "very substantial" fund companies are tolerating practices that rob everyday investors of more than $4 billion a year. Spitzer blew open the lid on bogus stock research last year after uncovering e-mail showing that some analysts didn't believe their own advice. Now he's nailing fund executives who--in their email--gave the O.K. for special treatment in return for large fees...
...thanks to Japanese toiletmaker Toto and Virgin Atlantic Airways, among others. In September Toto will introduce the U.S. to Neorest, left, a combination bidet-toilet that may very well be smarter than you are first thing in the morning. It knows when you're ready to use it (the lid lifts as you approach) and when you're done (the lid closes, and the toilet flushes). It even knows what has gone on in between: for liquid-only waste, Neorest uses 1.2 gal. of water to flush and for other episodes, 1.6 gal. The conservation-minded toilet also includes...
According to Baer, the Saudis can do no right. Even when they sink a trillion dollars into U.S. banks, he sees only potential blackmail and warns of dire consequences if the money is ever withdrawn. Or when the Saudis help the U.S. by keeping a lid on oil prices, he labels the assistance nothing more than blood money. Baer argues, somewhat implausibly, that the monarchy's demise is imminent. In that event, he suggests--even more implausibly--that the U.S. seriously con-sider a military takeover of the oil fields...
...that’s what creating the past is all about—you’re always lifting the lid and trying to go into the shadows, and you never really know. That’s what a lot of film noir movies are about; at the end you never really know who was the good guy and who was the bad guy,” Stange said...
...congratulating his buddy, Heck says he decided to cook up a celebration of his own. He brought Kenser a menu one morning, offering to treat her to breakfast in bed. “I think she ordered French Toast,” he says. But when Heck lifted the lid off the silver platter, he revealed a sparkling engagement ring. Hannah accepted the delectable proposal, and the two will marry next summer...