Word: perfectible
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...golf stop the slump? Polegato insists that his customers have asked that GEOX create a comfy golf shoe. "Golf is a perfect environment for GEOX technology," he says. "You walk long hours, often on a damp surface, and in warm if not hot climates. Why suffer with your feet? In the third millennium, it is impossible that people still suffer from such a basic problem as sweaty, smelly feet." Right on, Mario. The problem for GEOX, however, is that the world's economy may stink even worse...
Association of Swiss Mountain Cleaners The Swiss Tourism Board announced it was seeking volunteers to join the Association of Mountain Cleaners. It claimed, 'The Association of Mountain Cleaners... makes sure that our holiday guests can always enjoy perfect mountains. Using brooms, brushes, water and muscle power, they clean the rocks of any bird droppings." Visitors to myswitzerland.com were invited to take a Mountain cleaner aptitude test and submit their name for a chance to win a week's holiday in Switzerland. See YouTube video.)... [April Fools...
...billion. She estimated that within a few fiscal years, this amount would rise to approximately $3.5 billion. The Massachusetts state budget, according to the speakers, is very reliant on capital gains tax revenue, which has decreased due to the recession. “It’s a perfect storm. We have a loss of tax revenue, and an increased need for spending,” Kirwan said. Both speakers noted that raising taxes is not the answer to the budgetary concerns, despite the increasing gap between tax revenues and spending. The Massachusetts Division of Unemployment Assistance recently released reports...
...Last year I was passive, waiting for the perfect pitch to hit,” he says. “This year, I’m trying to really go after pitches when I feel I can drive the ball.” Combine this new aggressiveness with more at-bats and a countless number of hours spent in the batting cages, and you get a whole new threat in the middle of the Crimson lineup...
...small things matter the most. In early March, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton handed her Russian counterpart a "reset" button intended to symbolize the U.S. desire to "reset our relationship." Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov looked at the gift and smiled. "You got it wrong," he said in perfect English. On the button was "peregruzka," which means overcharge or overload. Oops. Just days earlier, British Prime Minister Gordon Brown had visited the White House bearing rarefied gifts: a first-edition biography of Winston Churchill and a penholder carved from the timbers of the H.M.S. Gannet. Obama responded by giving Brown...