Search Details

Word: nighting (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first (reverse)


Usage:

...there are places where you can open up your wallets." She points to another stat: 1 in 4 of the shoppers WSL surveyed said they were "tired of watching every little penny and are ready to break out a little." The top categories they desire: a vacation, a night out and clothes for spring and summer. Remember all that cocooning everyone talked about a few months ago? Perhaps people are getting bored indoors. "Consumers are exhausted, and they need a little break," says Liebmann. "They are starting to come out of their little burrows, saying, 'Please, please, can I have...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Are Shoppers Fed Up with the Recession? | 6/1/2009 | See Source »

...After marathon talks on Friday night, the German government approved plans by the Austrian-Canadian car-parts manufacturer Magna to take over GM's European business. Under the deal, Opel will be placed in a trust and the German government will provide a bridging loan of $2.1 billion (€1.5 billion) to provide Opel with emergency funding and keep GM's European operations running. On top of that, the German government will give $4.3 billion (€3 billion) in loan guarantees. The Canadian firm would own 20% of the new group, Russia's biggest lender Sberbank would have...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Merkel Saves Opel From GM's Fate | 6/1/2009 | See Source »

...Economy Minister Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg, a conservative politician from Angela Merkel's sister CSU party, criticized the deal to save Opel and apparently threatened to resign on Friday night when he was over-ruled. Guttenberg, a rising star in Merkel's coalition government, controversially suggested Opel should go into an "orderly insolvency" and he accused the government of risking billions for a short-term solution. "There is the danger the state could be blackmailed if it is too generous with state help even on one occasion," Guttenberg told the Welt am Sonntag newspaper on Sunday...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Merkel Saves Opel From GM's Fate | 6/1/2009 | See Source »

...ball during Game 6 of the 1986 World Series. It was there when the New York Giants defeated the New England Patriots in the closing seconds of Super Bowl XLIII, ruining the Patriots’ undefeated season. In these situations, rational explanations rarely suffice.The force struck again on the night of Feb. 20 at Lavietes Pavilion. The Harvard women’s basketball team faced Princeton in a must-win game to keep the Crimson in the running for the Ivy League title. While Harvard’s 54-50 win might appear mildly interesting in the box score, attendants...

Author: By Justin W. White, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: COMEBACK GAME OF THE YEAR: 22-Point Comeback Stuns Princeton | 5/31/2009 | See Source »

During my time here at Harvard, I have entered the thunderdome with the best of them. When I went to Yale my junior year, for example, it was also the weekend of my 21st birthday. As soon as I stepped foot off the bus on Friday night until getting back on said bus Saturday eve, I was never a sober boy. In the process, I urinated (twice) on the statue of Eli, broke a bathroom stall door, stole a Yalie’s hat and rubbed it on my butt, and repeatedly yelled, “I am the destroyer...

Author: By Walter E. Howell, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: PARTING SHOT: No Place for Yale In Wally’s World | 5/31/2009 | See Source »

Previous | 477 | 478 | 479 | 480 | 481 | 482 | 483 | 484 | 485 | 486 | 487 | 488 | 489 | 490 | 491 | 492 | 493 | 494 | 495 | 496 | 497 | Next