Word: pourings
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...Mayor Nagin, who has been criticized of late for remarks about the slow progress in rebuilding New York's "hole in the ground", predicts a boom is in the making with $60 billion in construction-related funds about to pour in from federal and state sources, including the Road Home program giving homeowners up to $150,000 to rebuild. Ragan says prices for homes are already up 5% to 10% in July. While Uptown is hot (31 properties sold in July), New Orleans East is not (14)."There are houses never even touched since Katrina out there," says Ragan. "People...
...version of the old Sears catalog home. KB Homes is already using similar technology, and why couldn't New Orleans, he wonders, attract modular homebuilders to churn out a new generation of affordable housing for the nation? The AFL-CIO investment fund in Washington, notes Kroloff, is looking to pour $1 billion into New Orleans...
...needlessly inform every jerk you meet that he is indeed a jerk. What does this mean in practice? Say you go to meet the deputy foreign minister. You may not be certain if he likes you, for either way taarof will demand that he greet you warmly, pour you tea, and suggest you meet again. It would not, however, compel him to obfuscate matters of political substance...
...epicurean revelry. Don’t get me wrong: I love Cambridge. But let’s face it, the closest an average Harvard student gets to enjoying wine is guzzling a seven-dollar magnum of Yellowtail, which might as well be packaged in a box with a plastic pour spout...
...that he was taking the state for granted, and liberals in the blue state were frustrated by his positions on other issues, such as his support for school vouchers. The bloggers and their supporters pumped a few thousand dollars into the race, but having a millionaire candidate like Lamont pour $4 million of his own money was crucial. Lamont's campaign manager, Tow Swan, is a veteran Connecticut political operative who helped run the strong turnout operation that helped propel Lamont to victory...