Word: see-sawed
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...joins their troupe after misfortune strikes the company’s two leads. As the showboat continues to travel, Magnolia and Gaylord gain prominence as the two new stars and they eventually wed. After the couple leaves the boat, Gaylord’s gambling addiction thrusts them onto a see-saw of affluence and poverty; in the end, the play follows the twists and turns of their lives, bending like the curves of the river to which they ultimately return. In addition to the show engagement with the universal themes of love, sacrifice and struggle, it also casts light...
...always have a hard time playing there,” Lin said. “We felt we had more talent than they did, we had a better racket, but it’s hard. It was just a great win.”The second half was a see-saw ride, with nine lead changes and no team ever leading by double-digits. The Crimson jumped to an early period lead that was quickly stifled by a 9-0 Dartmouth run that brought the Big Green lead to 48-44, its largest margin for the rest of the game.A...
...irrational to merit the obsessed attention they're enjoying these days? That's the question some observers were asking Friday as indices in Asia and Europe posted gains only to decay again as the day progressed. It was a fittingly wacky end to a week that has seen bourses see-saw with unprecedented volatility. The VIX, Wall Street's leading measure of market volatility and investor fears, briefly scaled 80 points for the first time in its 18-year history Thursday, as stocks slid over recession worries...
...Hang Seng down 4.8%, South Korea's down 9.44%, and Singapore Straights Times Index down 5.5%. Europe faired no better, with London's FTSE 100 and Paris' CAC 40 indices reflecting mid-morning declines of nearing 2.5%, and Frankfurt's Dax off 1.3%. Market commentators warned that trading could see-saw throughout the day, but expected European bourses to close down and Wall Street to open moving in the same direction...
...evidence that these unmerited indulgences were based on race or that the experience of non-whites was any different—just a bald assertion. Responding to the concern that affirmative action is reverse racism, the same writer lightly dismisses the concern by likening the situation to a see-saw. Another author, incidentally a member of the selection committee, states matter-of-factly that, in America, “black males [are] seen as criminals...