Word: soured
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...number of readers look askance at some of the words used to depict Wall Street's new gunslinger, the quantitative analyst ((COVER STORIES, April 11)). Sam Kirzner of Edison, New Jersey, writes, "Supernerds, high-water-pants alert, idiots savants -- these descriptions sound like sour grapes from people who can't understand the tools of today's market." Randall E. Sekeres of Atlanta believes we aimed "for the cheap laugh." Chris Danielson of Houston wonders, "How can you endorse the use of the word nerd? Granted, the , supernerds may be engaging in unusual business practices, but that is no reason...
DiCara says that although he was only asophomore during the occupation of UniversityHall, it left a "sour taste" in the Harvardexperience for even the Class...
They were there, though, because Cobain conveyed meaning and even beauty in his harsh recordings. His lyrics could be sour, occasionally frightening if opaque. Take these simultaneously blase and acerbic lines from the group's biggest hit, Smells Like Teen Spirit: "And I forget just why I taste/ Oh yeah, I guess it makes me smile/ I found it hard, it was hard to find/ Oh well, whatever, never mind." Cobain's sometimes fierce, sometimes weary growl, the sometimes convulsive, sometimes grating guitars, the very loud drums: all of it communicated anger, maybe loathing, definitely passion, no matter how inchoate...
...ranking Republican on the House Banking Committee, sponsored a bill last January to create a federal derivatives commission with broad oversight authority. And the Comptroller of the Currency has begun to require banks to disclose the dollar value of all the derivatives contracts they hold that have gone sour, much as they must list the total dollar volume of their bad loans...
...Spring Trip began on a sour note as the Crimson dropped its first three games--6-8 against Northern Iowa, and 1-11 against Ohio State...