Word: rides
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...blocks away, in the Manchester headquarters for the Harkin campaign, Andrew Morin is looking for some volunteers. "Is anybody up for a straight lit drop?" he cries. Three college students just back from canvassing raise their hands: yes, they'll do a lit drop, but they need a ride. Volunteers keep returning from assignments and Morin's job is to get them back to work. Every five minutes he comes around: how'd you like to phone bank? how'd you like to canvass? you guys want to do some visibility...
...sneakers. The question he receives most often when knocking on doors is "Why did you come all the way out here?" Kister took a week off from classes at Ohio State and had to reschedule a midterm to work for the Harkin campaign. In Cleveland, he hitched a ride on a bus of Harkin supporters from Iowa...
Some festival boosters are worried that racial tensions ignited by the debate could flare into attacks on the 30,000 participants who ride the lavishly designed floats amid crowds of onlookers. Some wives pressured their husbands not to ride the floats. "There's an ugly spirit; people are angry," said councilwoman Peggy Wilson. "People on the floats feel like they're going ) to be sitting ducks...
...anger, picked up the phone. "What do you want?" he said. "You're harassing me! My phone's got a tap on it." I was real quiet and calm. I said I knew he had a hard time getting around and thought he might need a ride to the grocery store. He just got completely quiet, and all the anger went out of his voice, and he said, "I've got that taken care of, but thanks for asking...
Picking individual stocks in faraway places is not for the fainthearted, but with exotic stocks packaged in funds, an investor undeterred by transaction costs can even daydream of multiplying his gains by surfing around the world, taking a short, profitable ride on each cresting wave. All he needs is a globe, a pin and some strong hunches. In the '90s even distant neighbors have no trouble keeping up with the Dow Joneses...