Word: sourpusses
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...High praise indeed, especially from a sourpuss like the Fed chairman. So why on earth did the Dow slip 78 points in Wednesday's session -- after gaining almost 250 points over the past four -- as if CNBC had rerun the "irrational exuberance" speech instead? "We're in between earnings seasons right now, and no one expects the Fed to raise interest rates anyway," says Fortune writer Nelson Schwartz. "All that is translating to a lethargy in the markets -- volume has been weak, even when the Dow goes up. People need a new reason to get excited about stocks; Greenspan just...
Unfair? The real Littlefield is more earnest preppy than pantsless nebbish, a boyish executive with a neatly trimmed beard. One thing his 21 years in the TV business have taught him is that it doesn't pay to be a sourpuss. He claims he used to "crack up" at Letterman's on-air gibes, even when Letterman went so far as to smash a Tiffany candy dish Littlefield had given him as a gift. As for the Late Shift portrayal, Littlefield laughs it off, though he points out that "I don't wear boxer shorts. I wear briefs." He shrugs...
...plan of earlier this year, which sliced a mere 1% from federal spending and 5% from the deficit. Forbes isn't asking citizens to give up anything to solve a collective problem. He leaves that to rivals like Dole, whose more responsible approach earns them the Forbes sobriquet "dour sourpuss...
Above all, Forbes is the smiling face in a dour Republican race, an economic optimist using sunny, supply-side theory to brighten up what he describes as the "sourpuss views" of his Republican rivals. Yet for all his patrician good humor, Forbes' message and his campaign have begun to show a hard edge...