Word: sours
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...moment, markets are not very pleased with the people who make them either. Last week, Stockholm-based Electrolux, the world's largest appliance maker, announced it was eliminating 5,091 jobs worldwide, about 6% of its workforce. Stock markets, which often applaud such "restructuring" moves, instead were sour; one Swedish investment bank even put a rare "sell" recommendation on Electrolux stock. What's ailing the maker of Eurekas and WeedEaters? CEO Hans Straaberg blames heavy competition and certain "under-performing" areas, notably room air conditioners, for which labor and supply costs at the Frigidaire plant in New Jersey are said...
...lucky break quickly turned sour when the Democracy Wall movement broke out and the minister who helped Zhang was publicly attacked for using personal influence to bend the rules. Mention of Zhang's unorthodox admission cropped up in the "big-character posters" that festooned the school's walls. Added to this uncomfortable notoriety was the stigma of being a provincial rube of questionable political background, nine years older than most of his classmates at a school dominated by native Beijingers, many of whom were eagerly joining the Communist Party. So Zhang switched to the more prestigious major of film directing...
...Whiskey Sour...
...times fancy descriptions are just trying to cover up ordinary food." The only thing ordinary about Pern's pub is the language on the menu. The lunch card changes daily and might include pressed foie gras terrine with a gooseberry relish, carpaccio of beef with crackling and sour cream dressing, or just a comfort-food combo of home-baked bread and 15 British cheeses. The dinner fare gets a bit more sophisticated and includes warm salad of pigeon, crab with green herb mayonnaise, spiced pork belly, and cod and lobster stew. Desserts such as caramelized lemon tart and dark chocolate...
...summer loving turned sour the day after Halloween, when the boyfriend broke a planned clubbing date, claiming that he had suddenly begun to feel ill. Marcus called his room later and found he’d gone out. After a few brief perusals of the gay clubs on Lansdowne Street, Marcus found his boyfriend with someone he’d met on the Internet...