Word: souring
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...major sour note in the industry is Chrysler's deteriorating financial position. Sales of the compact Dodge Omni and Plymouth Horizon, the first small front-wheel-drive cars to be made in the U.S., are up to expectations. But these cars appear to be snatching some customers from Chrysler's own Volare and Aspen...
Freelance.* The phrase suggests freedom, adventure and the protagonist of a thousand B movies, Berlin-bound on the night train with a dream and an Olivetti. The dream, however, has turned sour. For most freelancers, magazine writing today has become the slum of journalism-overcrowded, underpaid, littered with rejection slips-and the denizens are growing restless. "It's a synonym for unemployed bum," grumbles John Jerome, who left the editorship of Skiing a decade ago to write for himself and has spent half that time in debt. Warren G. Bovée, acting dean of the Marquette University journalism...
Harvard bounced back with a 15-6 thrashing of C.W. Post on Wednesday, but its luck turned sour on Saturday as a last-second shot gave Hofstra a thrilling 10-9 victory and the Crimson their second loss of the young season...
...trip started off on a sour note when a snafu in the team's hotel reservations in Virginia resulted in shortage of beds and a poor night's sleep for many of the players. It was a tired and stiff contingent that headed for Wake Forest on Friday...
...Curse of the Starving Class, Shepard's symbol is a refrigerator devoid of food; his theme, the aching emptiness of U.S. family life. Each member of this rural family is poisoned by sour dreams...