Word: powderly
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...this new era, everybody must begin to account for his or her behavior. Wall Street executives cannot get fat on paper profits from powder-keg transactions. Government regulators cannot take long lunches to toast the invisible hand. Investors cannot expect new bubbles to bailout their busts. Congress cannot send home boondoggle pork projects while whining about government spending. And the President of the United States shall no longer have the liberty to dodge the big issues. He will have to lead by example and make the hard choices. (See who's who in Obama's White House...
...Kathleen Ann Soliah was born in Fargo, N.D., on Jan. 16, 1947 to a close-knit, conservative Lutheran family. In high school, she was a popular student, an active member of the Spanish and Pep Clubs and a powder puff football player. She also served as a volunteer on Richard Nixon's presidential campaign...
...Indicted in San Diego in 1995 for money laundering and conspiracy to import tons of cocaine. His more creative means of transport included transferring the powder inside fire extinguishers and cans labeled CHILI PEPPERS...
...that it was Pakistan and LeT that created him. "The evidence gathered so far unmistakably points to the territory of Pakistan as a source of the terrorist attacks in Mumbai," the dossier concludes. The ordinary things that Qasab and the others left behind on the boat - a matchbox, detergent powder, Touchme shaving cream and a bottle of Mountain Dew - are all included as exhibits, their MADE IN PAKISTAN labels presented as damning evidence...
...powder has really propped up Eastern operators, who have been bopped with a series of big storms. "East of the Mississippi, we're seeing [snow] levels at or above record levels," says Berry. New York and New England resorts have several advantages during a recession. First, they're cheaper than the higher-end destinations like Aspen and Vail in Colorado. Second, they're within driving distance of huge metropolitan areas such as New York City and Boston. Mount Snow in Vermont, for example, is a four-hour trip from New York City and a two-hour trek from Boston...