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Word: lurching (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 2000-2009
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...chat rooms and other popular cybervenues like Raging Bull. As unwitting investors loaded up on the "recommended" shares, some, such as American Education Corp., rose as much as 700%. By the time reality set in and the price crashed, Colt & Co. had already sold out, leaving thousands in the lurch. Investigators say this classic "pump and dump" could have netted millions. But Big Brother was watching...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Taking Stock Scams Off-Line | 3/13/2000 | See Source »

...because he had become St. John. It was too late." And Bush was adamant: the whole point of their strategy--of building the unprecedented war chest and collecting all the endorsements--was to get so far out in front that there would be no need to lurch to the right or engage in intraparty fratricide. "Our object is to win a nomination that is worth having," said Bush's chief strategist, Karl Rove. Go negative now, and you lose people's respect...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: McCain's Moment | 2/14/2000 | See Source »

...claim, in the sense that the steady stream of casualties it has inflicted on Israel over the years has left the Israeli electorate overwhelmingly in favor of withdrawing from Lebanon. But while it would have the guerrillas crowing victory, a unilateral Israeli withdrawal would leave Syria in the lurch. "Syria doesn't want Israel out of Lebanon before an agreement on the Golan Heights, because guaranteeing Israeli security there is one of Syria's prime bargaining chips," says MacLeod. Still, with Hezbollah now expected to fire rockets into Israel itself in retaliation for the bombing - despite Israel's warning that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Bombings Threaten to Lock Israel Into Lebanon | 2/8/2000 | See Source »

...claim, in the sense that the steady stream of casualties it has inflicted on Israel over the years has left the Israeli electorate overwhelmingly in favor of withdrawing from Lebanon. But while it would have the guerrillas crowing victory, a unilateral Israeli withdrawal would leave Syria in the lurch. "Syria doesn't want Israel out of Lebanon before an agreement on the Golan Heights, because guaranteeing Israeli security there is one of Syria's prime bargaining chips," says MacLeod. "The Israelis may be trying to take advantage of that by threatening unilateral withdrawal, but that could get Barak into trouble...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Hezbollah Ups the Ante in Israel-Syria Standoff | 2/7/2000 | See Source »

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