Word: rottenness
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Anyone who's been reading the papers or watching the news in the last few months knows that, economically speaking, there's something rotten in the state of Denmark. Pundits who once breathlessly exhorted the virtues of the New Economy now sound the alarm. "Danger ahead," they say. Some Really Smart People, like Alan Greenspan, have even begun cautiously dusting off that dreaded R-word from the early '90s: recession...
...came at a time when real reforms mattered less than polish?the sort of polish provided by the grandly modern Bank of China headquarters he hired renowned architect I.M. Pei's firm to build in Beijing. Now authorities appear to be getting serious about repairing the banking industry's rotten foundation as well as its image. Regulators recently announced a set of bank reforms, including more stringent audit requirements and lending policies based on Western banking models, which could improve competitiveness. In addition, the National Audit Office revealed last week that it has uncovered more than 170 cases of misconduct...
...this Sunday's contest in Tampa, about all I want is a well-played game, plenty of canned beer and some tasty dip. I'm not sure if Modell's longtime association with the Browns and inarguably rotten karma will jinx the Ravens. But it doesn't really matter to Browns fans like me - all we'll see is yet another shade of suffering: Modell and his championship Baltimore Ravens in football ecstasy...
...plane - a part has gone wrong, so they're going to try to fix the part (which could take three hours) or order the part (which could take two days). I decide that, in airline speak, the same argot which calls a muffin a breakfast and a strip of rotten chicken an entree, three hours means nine hours and "could take two days" means the plane is going down in a fiery ball of flame. I rebook my trip through Miami and figure I'll take my chances getting out of there...
...think there is a politician among us who would fit John Randolph of Roanoke's classic description of Henry Clay?: "A being so brilliant yet so corrupt, which, like a rotten mackerel by moonlight, shines and stinks...