Word: riding
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...restore corporate glory with breakthrough thinking and messianic zeal. Generally, that would describe more than one person. But Jobs is a one-man miniseries of capitalism whose ratings are rising again. Within hours of the announcement, Apple stock soared 33% to $26.31. Sipping a celebratory water on the plane ride home, Jobs pointed out that people had been so shocked they missed the big news: Microsoft would be paying an undisclosed amount to settle claims that it had used seminal Apple computer patents. "Three or four weeks ago," said Jobs, "I called Bill and said Microsoft and Apple should work...
...fret over your financials is a plethora of positive data from the Fed, suggesting that with the economy holding its own, interest rates will likely be left untouched. In the absence of "irrational exuberance" warnings from Mr. Greenspan, you may want to hop on board and enjoy the ride...
...know about the oxygen candles they've had to light for the last week, but now even the good old H2O on the battered Russian space station is drying up. No more than two-months' worth is left; perhaps as little as six weeks remains. But NASA is riding to the rescue: the Shuttle will ride up there in September, filled to the brim with aquatic sustenance. It may not be Evian, but the Russians should be grateful. Who knows, by then they might be reduced to drinking their vodka neat...
This time the entire populace has been worked into a lather over bicycles. Or cars. It depends on which side you're on. What began five years ago as a monthly rush-hour bicycle ride designed to make the point that cycling is a sensible alternative to driving in a city choked by traffic, has escalated into a war. On the last Friday in July, 5,000 cyclists participating in what is known as the Critical Mass bikeathon, jammed city streets, and the result resembled an episode of American Gladiators. Hemorrhaging cyclists and motorists squared off to scream, spit...
...difficult to imagine what his visits to the Jade Goober must have been like. In my mind, the trip from his office to the Goober would have been on foot, a poll by Dick Morris having shown that most Arkansans prefer that the Governor walk rather than ride to lunch and, if possible, not via a route that would take him by McDonald's for hors d'oeuvres...