Word: ratting
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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During his law-school days, Fuller sold everything from rat poison to cookbooks with classmate Morris Dees, who later co-founded the Southern Poverty Law Center. Although the pair raked in the dough--both became millionaires by age 29--Fuller's obsession with amassing wealth pushed Linda away; in the '60s she left with their two young children and considered divorce...
...Rat (hardworking, thrifty, quick-tempered, neurotic...
Water (pig, rat, ox): skillful communicators but can be too passive...
...reportedly been excluded from attending weddings and funerals. As for those making plans for 2009, be warned: because the element of fire is lacking from this year's forecast, fortune tellers don't believe the economy will fare any better than it did in 2008's year of the rat...
...year can occur anytime from mid-January to late February. According to legend, the calendar was created by Ta Nao, a minister of Emperor Huang Ti's, and has been used in Asia since 4000 B.C. It is based on 12 temperaments represented by 12 symbolic animals - rat, ox, tiger, rabbit, dragon, snake, horse, sheep, monkey, rooster, dog and pig (the dragon being the well-known favorite). After 12 years, the cycle restarts, matching the length of Jupiter's solar orbit. (Read "China Not So Bullish About the Year...