Word: spinnings
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...auctioneers did their best at spin control afterward, but some spins are uncontrollable, and this is one. "There was an obvious mismatch," said Diane Upright of Christie's to the New York Times, "between sellers' expectations and the buyers or potential buyers who were looking for bargains...
...attempt to improve their dismal press, two senior White House officials and a foreign policy aide called in correspondents to put a bright spin on the President's performance last week. Clinton, said one official, "has been steady in his leadership in making slow progress, but real progress" on Bosnia. "It's important to pay attention to the President's rhetoric," said another. "He did not say the point of the bombing is to guarantee the safety of those enclaves. He was not trying to make that argument." But, the same official added, "we are trying to argue that this...
...There's a chip on his shoulder these days that, when he digs deeper than Bobbitt-Harding-Menendez for material, puts an unpleasant defensive spin on the observations. We laugh, sure, and marvel...
...since the U.S. Federal Reserve raised short-term interest rates on Feb. 4 and again on March 22, the man who is often called the second most powerful official in Washington has seen the world's financial markets spin far beyond his -- or anyone else's -- control. Worse yet, Greenspan, probably one of the most political of the political appointees in the job, now finds himself under assault -- and not just because some have blamed him for the markets' recent bungee jumping. Ironically, it is his almost Clintonian sense of dealmaking and compromise, often for the purpose of protecting...
...Green Cup has been enthusiastically supported by Michael Lichten, director of the FAS office of Physical Resources, and has led to significant reductions in energy and water use by heightening student awareness of resource conservation. Spin-offs on this idea have include the recent conversion of all the fluorescents, saving an estimated 93,600 kilowatt hours annually which translates into $17,000 in utility charges...