Word: mads
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...dumped his agent, Pat Kavanagh, thereby infuriating her husband, the author Julian Barnes, who was until that moment one of Amis' closest friends. Amis underwent a long bout of dental reconstruction, prompting reporters to observe, in print, that he was not only a failed husband and father and money-mad but vain as well. And then the other famous Amis, his father Kingsley, died in 1995, the sole misfortune during this period that was not blamed, at least not publicly, on Martin...
...they're also really, really mad that cast members had the unmitigated gall to catch fish (yes, fish!) in the waters surrounding their island prison...
...recent years, the mad rush to the stock market, combined with the explosion of online trading, has lured millions into financial waters once considered too hazardous for anyone but experienced brokers. This frenzied democratization has delivered a deluge of fresh, uninformed investors, primed for the attentions of unscrupulous traders and various charlatans. And when investigators step in, the fact that many of the most dubious transactions happen over the Internet often means a lot more work - officials can follow millions of false leads over countless state lines before connecting an online presence with a human being. "These prosecutors have identified...
...people when he's mad," Atkinson says...
...what, you might say, does the current mad rush to consolidate mean for those of us who are faced with a single cable provider anyway? Does it really matter whether the monopoly covers just our city or extends across the country? If you were talking 10 years ago, when cable just meant the provision of TV signals, the answer probably would be no. But cable isn't just about getting a clear picture of your favorite baseball team anymore. It's about broadband - high-speed Internet access, television programming and telephone all coming down the same tube. And with that...