Word: rutting
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...what's happening just a recession rut? Partly, yes, but the business is also changing in fundamental ways. Just look at the way indie filmmakers raise money today. In the past, they would "presell" their movie to foreign distributors, using not much more than a script and a cast list. That meant certain funding for the filmmaker no matter how good or bad the film turned out to be. The filmmaker could then go to a private investor who, knowing that the movie was already presold to foreign territories, would view it as less risky and invest. With money from...
...Lowdown: There's a certain cruelty to a rise in education costs amid an economic slump: it makes the single most effective tool to help the underemployed and jobless out of their rut become all the more unreachable. Though the government and private donors have stepped in to ease the financial crunch, the runaway costs of higher education threaten to make it unaffordable, especially to those who stand to gain the most from it. As the College Board report makes clear, the real-world benefit of college is not simply academic: the unemployment rate for those with bachelor's degrees...
...Gilliams are not the only family stuck in a fast-food rut. For even the most well-intentioned working parents, having the will to eat right doesn't necessarily mean being able to find a way to do so. Everyday life--in the form of work, school and other activities--always seems to get in the way. In fact, recent studies show that one of the most important factors that determine how healthily, or unhealthily, Americans eat is workplace demands. And when parents start taking nutritional shortcuts for the sake of their schedules, their children are more likely...
...wild west.” When one member of the audience questioned why Rolling Stone covers have become less interesting and edgy in the last five years, Schenk replied, “That’s a very incisive comment. We’ve fallen into a rut.” “If you saw the Gossip Girl cover, that was a complete result of my pushing,” he said. “If it sells well, I’ll get to do more of them...
...ruled that Shaw did not attempt to avoid the pitch. Shaw flew out to left field to end the game.“We are obviously pretty upset getting swept at home,” co-captain Bailey Vertovez said. “We’re in a rut. We’re not hitting. We need to hit, and it’s frustrating because we know we can do it.”“We are going to take extra batting practice,” the shortstop continued. “This hasn?...