Word: quite
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...allowed others to rate them as “hot or not.” But when administrators discovered the site, Zuckerberg was asked to change the premise to something more appropriate. After coming up with idea for “The Facebook Book,” both authors quit their jobs. Atwan, who was working at an Internet startup in New York, said he persuaded Lushing to travel cross-country to pursue the project with him. They started writing in August. The book is the first collaborative project for the pair, who were childhood friends. Atwan and Lushing devised...
...Anheuser-Busch had been in talks with a close, though unofficial, adviser to the Czech Prime Minister about buying the last major post-communist brewery still in state hands - which also happened to be the Czech namesake of its flagship brand. "The truth is that I would have to quit drinking beer altogether," Moravec grunts at the prospect of a new owner tampering with the Budvar magic. "Better that than to drink some slop...
...During World War II we didn't see the media asking stupid questions like "How much longer?" If the U.S. had called it quits back then, we would all be living in a much different world today, one with far less freedom. Likewise, why the hell should we quit the war in Iraq now? We have at least as much to lose there, maybe more given the Islamic militants' goal of world dominance. If the media and Democratic Congress force a withdrawal from Iraq they are going to cost millions of Americans their lives. Robert M. Moon, Fort Worth, Texas...
...Natori quit her job as a vice president at Merrill Lynch and set to work creating her first collection. Thirty years later, the woman who gave us the seamless bra and modern, chic camisoles that can be worn either to bed or out on the town has four lingerie lines available everywhere, from Saks to Dillard's. She is also expanding into menswear and home, with a bedding collection and, down the road, rugs, tableware and lighting...
...Times, the organization fired back with a TV spot titled, "Giuliani: A Betrayal of Trust", accusing the former New York mayor of being "AWOL" from the Iraq Study Group when he missed meetings while giving high-paid speeches to corporate clients. (Citing schedule conflicts, Giuliani eventually quit the group without ever attending a meeting. His campaign now says he resigned because he was planning to run for President and didn't want to create a conflict.) "The goal is to demonstrate that the Republican front-runner has an enormous problem when it comes to the big issue facing the country...