Word: sinkings
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...recess requires reform to be marketed in more personal terms: What does it mean for you? It would be nice if Obama stopped limiting his answer to that question to consumer protections against rapacious insurers. It could be: Your premiums won't double every decade, your economy won't sink and your government won't go broke. Then again, David Axelrod probably deserves the benefit of the doubt when it comes to selling reform...
...health legislation Obama wants. If it does, that success will reflect the Democrats' numbers in Congress and their determination, not public enthusiasm. This time there is no barrage of Harry and Louise ads to blame. It is health care reform's own contradictions that are causing it to sink...
...optimists, the June data showed just how determined the Chinese government is to implement effective monetary countermeasures to fight the downturn. As Peking University finance professor Michael Pettis says, China is "throwing everything including the kitchen sink'' at the problem. There is no question that as a result of the flood of financing, a lot of Chinese have jobs they otherwise wouldn't. But, as Grant's Interest Rate Observer, an influential Wall Street newsletter, points out in its latest issue, "Massive injections of money and credit ... are always bullish before they are bearish." The newsletter draws worrying parallels between...
...gold from the epigraph, a quote from her coach that's another deliciously ironic swipe at the double-edged sword of accomplishment: "If this exceptional athlete wore all the Olympic gold medals she has won in her long career and jumped find a pool, she would sink." What we find out is how much Pip's triumphs cost and how they change her. The story may not lend itself to a neatly plotted ending, but with a novel as fun and imaginative as Swimming, you're quick to forgive such a minor failure. It deserves a medal for taking...
...Oxford college room of yore - despite the romantic connotations - was very likely to be a cold, damp and creaky affair, with moth-eaten armchairs and rudimentary amenities (picture narrow single beds and a sink and mirror in the corner). These days, though, many have been revamped to include ensuite bathrooms, complimentary toiletries, power showers and Internet access. All are spotlessly clean. (See 10 things to do in London...