Word: phrase
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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During the preparations for Diana's funeral, when the nation demanded strong direction, the mediagenic Blair stepped in. His public footing was sure, indelibly linking the citizenry with the royals in the phrase people's princess. In the days before the funeral, he spoke out in defense of the royal family, calling criticism of it "unfair." He also worked unobtrusively inside the palace to bolster Charles, consulting several times with him to help devise a more populist event. The Blair forces suggested and implemented the loudspeaker system that allowed people on London's streets to hear the service inside Westminster...
...hate to use the phrase big-brother, big-sister-it's cheesy-but you can be a resource," he adds...
...usual salute: "There goes Swifty!" Cramer picked up the incantation at a dog track in his youth (Swifty was the mechanical rabbit), but he's used it to start trading since the day two years ago when, he says, he had "a huge up day" after muttering the phrase. Cramer, who manages hundreds of millions of dollars for a group of 38 rich families, isn't above a little superstition...
...stock market sank but ultimately staged a powerful recovery. There was also a noticeable flow into the stocks of small companies. The problem is that in this so-called new-era economy, historical benchmarks have been about as useful as an abacus in Silicon Valley. To borrow a phrase from the new-era crowd, it's different this time...
...than not, the audience will find it boring. But this is not necessarily because of content, acting or even directing. It is simply because it has already been done so many times before. Performing "Shakespeare-in-the-yard" has become so cliched that the Class of 1999 made the phrase itself the title of their Freshman Musical. However, add some modern twists, funky costumes and characters with character, and you've got a hit as big as Baz Luhrmann's "Romeo and Juliet"--or, on a more local scale, last spring's production of "As You Like...