Word: palmed
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...learned early on that George W. Bush could be a sore loser--when he tried to palm off conceding to John McCain in New Hampshire to an aide, and later in Michigan when he refused to call the victorious McCain at all. But we didn't know he could be a sore winner until last week when, in a New York Times interview, he batted away every opportunity to be gracious to McCain, snatching sour grapes from the jaws of victory. Reminded of how McCain had boosted turnout in the primaries, Bush snapped, "Well, then, how come he didn...
...dubbed "hopelessly tonal." Now it is safe to be a tonal composer. But the risk lies in music becoming so openly derivative and unchallenging, so dangerously reliant on effect, that it will invite a swing away from tonality and a move back to another period of nontonality. BENJAMIN LEES Palm Springs, Calif...
...PALM Handheld IPO soars 150%. TAP, TAP, TAP. "Memo to Gates: Windows CE stinks...
...PALM PIVOT...
...tech-stock frenzy took a new twist last week with the IPO of Palm Inc. On the first day of trading, the PDA division of 3Com Corp. became more valuable ($53 billion) than its parent company ($28 billion), even though 3Com still owns 94% of Palm's stock. If you got in late, you got hurt. Palm fell 16% on Friday, to $80.25. 3Com, after falling 21% on Thursday, closed the week at $83.06. This week the arbs move in. Careful...