Word: slews
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...time really has run out. The terminal is in sight. The Mercedes pulls up to the curb outside Terminal B—next to a slew of “No Parking” signs. Once again, he shows faith in the benevolence of traffic cops. The Rev. Jackson turns to us—we who haven’t had time yet to worry about getting home (our total “on-person” assets: $1.53 and a gum wrapper)—and lets us know how we’ll earn our keep...
...knee in downhill training at St. Moritz. The extra work required to get fit again, including long-distance running, cycling, gymnastics and even free diving, made her stronger and she came back to win eight consecutive World Cup slalom races of the 2000-01 season, as well as a slew of giant slalom and super-Gs. Her dominance in slaloms prompted Sweden's Pernilla Wiberg, a two-time Olympic champion, to consider that "she is definitely the best slalom skier in the world at the moment...
Cisco has come under the lens, as have a slew of other tech companies, for its use of so-called pro forma earnings, which may leave out recurring expenses and are often referred to as "earnings before all the bad stuff." Last year Cisco asked investors to ignore a $2.2 billion charge for inventory loss, which most accountants consider to be a normal business expense rather than something extraordinary...
...automakers will have permission to distribute, sell and service their vehicles and to offer loans to customers. And the government has pledged to address the issue of regional protectionism, which renders a VW produced in Shanghai, say, twice as expensive in the remote province of Gansu, thanks to a slew of local fees and taxes...
...title; gaze fascinatedly at people in more trouble than they know; give lots of screen space and time to yearning stares; and, about 40 min. into the anomie, kill off a soulful son with a surprise gun blast. That's the recipe for In the Bedroom, which won a slew of critics' awards, and for Monster's Ball, a pained drama that is better than it sounds...