Word: recession
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...faith in his ability to take the measure of people by looking them in the eye. Within the next few months, he may be measuring some candidates for a long black robe. It is almost certain that by the end of June, when the Supreme Court adjourns for summer recess, at least one Justice will have announced his or her retirement. Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist, 79, and Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, 73, have expressed a desire to leave. Rehnquist has serious back trouble, and O'Connor would like to return to Arizona with her husband. Both want...
...that comes out of his tax-writing committee, is dismissed as a headline hound. Majority Leader Frist, who allowed the budget to pass that limits the size of the cut, is portrayed as a newbie rolled by his more experienced colleagues. " (Budget Chairman Don) Nickles wanted a budget before recess" says a White House official involved in selling the tax plan, "and Frist gave it to him." Wise GOP Senate hands shoot back that the votes were never there for the full Bush plan and Frist took what he could get before the package lost more support...
...played cello in a school orchestra in fourth grade, but then in fifth grade, they switched orchestra to the recess period. So I switched to band to save my recess and started playing drums. I got a set of drums for Christmas the next year and it was all downhill from there. So I’ve been making noise for eight years...
...Paula Abdul and Debbie Gibson, a world of ’80s music never reached my ears. The Knack’s hit, though, which I first heard in Reality Bites, reminds me of a time when college seemed far away, interpersonal dramas didn’t extend beyond recess and general contentment pervaded my life. By beginning each day with a song like “My Sharona,” the possibility of finding simplicity and sheer, happy moments in my week renews itself. With such a start to the day, a whole ’80s playlist...
...Senate returned Monday from a two-week midwinter recess and immediately ran into two sticky dilemmas: 1) explaining to the rest of America why we don't get congressional holidays, and 2) a judicial nomination stymied by an old-fashioned filibuster...