Word: rife
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...Videos. Clearly, we have an overachiever on our hands. Fear not, however: these artists must be deeper than just talking about their lawless activities and taking pride in mistreating their “hoes.” Indeed, they are. They are also sure to promote a materialistic lifestyle rife with conspicuous consumption. After all, what could be more important than getting some nice gold grills (slang for gold teeth) and putting some 22’s (referring to the length of rims, also known as hubcaps) on your new Escalade? And hey, if you still think today?...
...Child care's rife with such brain-teasers: How much should we have? And who should pay for it? John Howard says his government provides "an enormous amount of support - but no country can afford free child care." Those urging reform aren't calling for that just yet, but M.P. Kelly is among those expecting big things in May's Budget: "The government knows it can do more in child care." When lobbyist Romeril began working in child care five years ago, she found many colleagues gloomy about the prospects for change. But as the issue gains momentum, she says...
...animals to “stress stemming from confinement, boredom, loneliness, and the common practice of separating babies from their mothers” and claimed that “federal Animal Welfare Act violations,...painful and invasive experiments, and an unwillingness to make humane improvements” were rife at the center, according to a press release. Primate Specialist for PETA Debra Durham described the “prevalence of abnormal behavior” at the lab due to the stress caused by these factors as “just stunning.”Research data shows that 90 percent...
...company. It could have been snapped up on the cheap." A 2000 merger attempt with Warner Music was rejected by the E.U. as anticompetitive. But twice during the later lean years, the companies discussed a tie-up. (And now that their balance sheets are improving, merger speculation is rife again, though Levy says the two companies aren't in talks.) Levy and Rose still believed that the ultimate solution had to come through a digital strategy. In-house consumer research indicated that most people didn't want to break the law, and that music fans would buy music online...
...Livedoor's woes show, a get-rich-quick, growth-by-acquisition strategy can be rife with risk. In Livedoor's case, driving up the company's stock price may have become a dangerous obsession. Unable to achieve fast enough growth through normal business operations, it allegedly misled the public in order to goose its stock, sell some of its shares, then pocket the proceeds as profits...