Word: spikeness
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Declining faith in the dollar also helps to explain the surge in prices of a host of commodities - a classic hedge against currency instability. This includes the spike in oil, which has been further boosted by soaring demand, political turmoil in the Middle East and rampant speculation by trend-following investors. "Four times in the last 40 years we've had major disruptions in global oil supplies coming from geopolitical events in the Middle East," says Lewis Alexander, chief economist at Citi. "If you were to see one of those scenarios play out, that would be a big additional shock...
During Del Vecchio's tenure, women's wear overall has gone from 12% to 20% of Brooks sales, a real spike at a store that for most of its 189 years downplayed the fact that women wore its clothes. These days Brooks is paying much more attention. Take, for example, the classic button-down, which is now specially designed with a narrower placard and smaller collar and comes in four different cuts. Brooks has even opened some women's-only shops...
...somewhat sad note. “Fight and you’ll never survive / Run and you’ll never escape / So just fall from grace,” raps Jay, pulling the listener down from the highs the album’s middle tracks reach. Like a spike to the vein, “American Gangster” lulls the listener with its sultry samples, hits a peak, then comes to a shuddering halt. Along the way, Jay-Z taunts, jokes, recollects, and even spits some thought-provoking shit. Most importantly, however, Jay proves that you still can?...
...this time around? There may be hope. The price spike is likely to filter down to gas pumps and home heating-oil tanks just as voters begin choosing presidential nominees, which presents a rare chance to force this uncomfortable issue to the top of the political agenda. And in fact we may be better at tackling this problem than we tend to believe, as Daniel Yergin, chairman of Cambridge Energy Research Associates, points...
...students aged 13 to 15 and a 23-year-old at the Oprah Winfrey Leadership Academy for Girls, at Henley-on-Klip outside Johannesburg. The school was established on Jan. 2 at a cost of $40 million and opened by Winfrey in a ceremony watched by Nelson Mandela, Spike Lee and Tina Turner. Winfrey personally picked the 152 students, who study and live there free of charge. Makopo, who was not asked to enter a formal plea, said she was innocent when the charges were read. The magistrate freed her on a bond...