Word: propping
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...went into the meeting with a small bet on the cut, and the bias-only move is likely to eat up Monday's 200-point rally by week's end. The NASDAQ, meanwhile, will continue to mutter about its own issues, wondering only incidentally if the tech sector will prop the rest of the economy up or drag it even further down...
...caller reported a burning chair in Adams House. An officer determined the chair was a play prop and had just been made to appear as if it was burning. (10/29...
...help prop up its balance sheet, Amtrak is busy building its mail and express business, which hauls letters, packages and even freight for such clients as the Postal Service and UPS. Within a few years, that too could bring in a few hundred million dollars in additional revenue...
...over Gore and Bush, pointing and woofing at the forest of American flags arrayed behind non-presidents and non-vice presidents as they've appeared on television to wheedle and spin. The flag (reverenced as a sacred object during annual flag-burning-bill debates) turns into a cheesy stage prop for the drooling suitors...
...Voters get rating points redeemable for prime rib b) Candidates are allowed to buy votes c) Bush and Gore are listed jointly as "White Dudes" d) Prop 214: Retake Manhattan...