Word: okayed
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...tolerating rather than enjoying all the attention, and he looked a bit startled when Edwards, kicking off the third and final day of his eight-state poverty tour, seized on his story and got angry on his behalf. "We have to do something about this! This is not okay!" the candidate said. "How can we allow this to happen, that James had to live 50 years without treatment? Are you listening? This is America's problem. And let me tell you, as long as I am alive and breathing I'm going to do something about...
...Complaining is an absolute necessity in this zero-sum service economy, and I am not shy about doing it - in what I like to think is a reasonable way. Okay, there was that sarcastic series of letters to Hertz, but shouldn't they actually have cars on hand if you've reserved one? Anyway, we've patched that one up. And companies absolutely need to hear about problems, otherwise they can't improve and you'll still be unhappy...
...harder for us to get a new corporate headquarters," says Al Petrie, a New Orleans investor and media relations consultant who has extensive ties with the energy industry. Katrina's chaotic aftermath and slow recovery are "forcing people to make a decision right now," he says. "They're saying, 'okay, if the infrastructure of the city is not going to be there, what's the quality of life for my employees going to be?' That's the reason the Chevrons of the world are moving across the lake. They're not ready to leave the state, but if there...
...feel somber thinking about the situation, but whenever I see my aunt she has a smile on her face. It is a smile that gives me a new perspective: sometimes, I am too busy to enjoy life and forget simple joys. I understand that is okay to feel sad, and that I should not allow the sorrow to permeate the atmosphere. Her smile tells me that I should look on the brighter side of things and be productive, get things done, rather than sulk around and dwell on the pessimistic...
...group of beautiful young girls enter a studio, all sharing dreams of glamour and world stardom. A stern Frenchwoman enters the room, and to their horror, the first words out of her mouth are: "Okay girls, off with your clothes, I want you in your underwear. Right now." This is not a scene from a bordello in the sex trade, but an annual event in Japan's new beauty queen factory. For the last 10 years, Ines Ligron has been ordering young Japanese women to strip, walk tall, free their inner woman and wear lots and lots of makeup...