Word: looming
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...adjoining 200,000-sq.-ft. (18,600 sq m) exhibition hall, dozens of Berkshire companies displayed their wares. Shareholders lined up to buy Fruit of the Loom underwear, find out how much they could save with Geico insurance and tour a Clayton manufactured home. See's Candies expected to rack up $100,000 in sales in a single day, while Benjamin Moore paints hawked its promotional teddy bears--the sort of thing that would be free from other companies--for $5. "We don't give things away here," said general manager Frank Strano. "Warren doesn't believe in that...
...many critics the proceedings promise further bad publicity for the U.S. on a global scale. A dozen suspected al-Qaeda prisoners are in custody in Gitmo, among a prison population that currently numbers 280. The pace of legal motions is expected to increase in coming weeks, as trials loom for six "high-value" prisoners, including Khaled Sheik Mohammed, the self-professed mastermind of the 9/11 attacks. In February, military prosecutors charged the six with murder and conspiracy and called for the death penalty...
...cost an extra $500 million. Just one month later, says WFP executive director Josette Sheeran, the funding gap has now widened to $755 million. And that's before factoring in new programs that the WFP would like to launch, boosting aid in new places where food shortages suddenly loom. "I think that with what we're facing, all over Africa, cuts are on the way," says John Aylieff, WFP head of programs...
...being established for this use—open letters and emails, town hall meetings, and proactive discussion with other students and faculty—to collectively voice their sentiments. The road to Ad Board reform is long, but if Sundquist can effectively influence positive reforms, then his legacy will loom far beyond the frequently trivial day-to-day concerns of the UC and profoundly impact student well-being for years to come...
...investors, gold is a traditional hedge in uncertain times, whenever inflation or geopolitical tensions loom. Little wonder, then, that its price has skyrocketed amid the current market turmoil. A look at some other moments when jitters gave gold a push...