Word: spigots
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
When drinking is legal, they argue, it takes place in the open, where it can be supervised by police, security guards and even health-care workers. When the drinking age went up, the spigot wasn't turned off, it was simply moved underground--to homes or cars or frat-house basements--where no adult could keep an eye on things. When kids who are drinking on the sly do venture out, they often "pre-load" first, fueling up on as much alcohol as they can hold before the evening begins so that the buzz lasts as long as possible...
...productivity boost it spawned allowed the U.S. to grow at phenomenal rates in recent years without incurring significant inflation. It also helped attract hundreds of billions of overseas dollars into the country, noted Kenneth Courtis, a Tokyo-based vice-chairman of Goldman Sachs Asia. And the spigot may still be turned on. "I don't think that all of a sudden the factors that made the U.S. a huge magnet for investment have disappeared," said Courtis, who argued the dollar could prove stronger against the competing euro than most analysts expect. But Hormats was less sanguine about overseas investment, pointing...
...party's leadership, as usual. Republican leader Trent Lott and most of his G.O.P. caucus loathe the prospect of McCain's bill being the first thing the Senate debates this year. The measure would stop millions of dollars in unregulated soft money from flowing into both parties, a spigot Lott and Bush don't want to shut off. Bush, who is irritated and puzzled by his former rival's gambit, also opposes McCain's bill because it doesn't protect union members from having their dues go toward political causes they don't necessarily support. Adding such a provision would...
...Thursday's torrential storms, and Diablo Canyon is already up and running to full capacity. Also, now that Energy Secretary Bill Richardson has extended the emergency order requiring generators to sell power to the strapped California market until next Wednesday, suppliers won't be able to turn off the spigot, no matter how debt-ridden the state's ailing utilities are. Fridays are typically the least demanding of weekdays, as people leave work early. And after all the near misses, pleas for Californians to conserve electricity finally seem to be working; on Thursday, the state saved almost 2000 megawatts, enough...
...taking on his party's leadership. Republican leader Trent Lott and most of his GOP caucus loathe the prospect of McCain's bill being the first thing the Senate debates this year. The measure would stop millions of dollars in unregulated soft money from flowing into both parties, a spigot Lott and Bush don't want to shut off. Bush, who is irritated and puzzled by his former rival's gambit, also opposes McCain's bill because it doesn't protect union members from having their dues go toward political causes they don't necessarily support. Adding such a provision...