Word: soared
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...With the introduction of Mike Ghegan, sax player for opening band Fighting Gravity, in "All Around Us," the night began to soar with masterful jazz licks and playful exchanges between instruments. The band and guest jammed intensely through several numbers. After hearing a "Girl from Athens," I swore they couldn't get any better. Of course, I was wrong...
...trying to figure out how Internet companies will ultimately figure in the economy--Will they crash and burn? Or soar even higher?--CMGI is a good place to start. It is a company very much in the middle of the clash between the old and new market models, and between old and new media, that is occurring all over Wall Street. To smitten Internet investors today, profits don't matter; it's the new economic order of the future that counts. So buying a company's stock on the basis of profits is irrelevant. These investors look only...
...BORED. VERY, VERY BORED. Also, cold and wet. When we hear the first bars of music emanate forth from a nearby boom box, our spirits soar. Thank god someone was resourceful enough to bring a radio. We're too tired to wonder why they haven't employed it before. We're ready to groove to some tunes...
...BORED. VERY, VERY BORED. ALSO, COLD AND WET. WHEN WE HEAR THE FIRST BARS OF MUSIC EMANATE forth from a nearby boom box, our spirits soar. Thank god someone was resourceful enough to bring a radio. We're too tired to wonder why they haven't employed it before. We're ready to groove to some tunes...
...protected more than 600,000 acres of land," says Bennett. "But more than 60,000 homes can be built in areas already zoned for development. SOAR is an attempt to say some areas have to remain precious." Opposition came mainly from a local farmers' organization. Why? An appraisal by the city of Ventura concluded that 87 acres would be worth $1.6 million as farmland but $13 million if zoned for development. "The people of this county have taken away my property rights," says Howard Atkinson, 51, who inherited part of a 57-acre ranch...