Word: sprung
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...began to go bust, and vice versa: there was the $1.76 million in contributions that Enron executives sent to the G.O.P. during the 2000 campaign; there was the energy policy Vice President Dick Cheney drafted in 2001 after meetings with Enron officials, portions of which seem to have sprung directly from Enron's wish list; there were ex-Enron chiefs and consultants salted around the Bush Administration, from the Army Secretary Thomas White to the U.S. Trade Representative Robert Zoellick. And last summer Bush chose Pat Wood--a man strongly backed by Lay--to be his top energy-price regulator...
...tough turn of events for the Crimson, who had come close to scoring just several minutes before the UConn goal, when junior forward Joey Yenne was nearly sprung free inside the 18, but she was ruled offsides by a step...
John Rockwell ’62, editor of The New York Times Arts and Leisure section, moderated the panel, “Sprung from the Ruins.” Plummer Professor of Christian Morals Rev. Peter J. Gomes introduced the discussion with a recitation of Walt Whitman’s “On the Beach...
...travel. The country is so small and the population so big that citizens go stir-crazy when cooped up in its packed cities for too long. And when they travel, they love to shop -- which makes Japanese tourists the most coveted guests the world over. Entire economies have sprung up around them, as in Hawaii, the No. 1 destination for Japanese visitors. Last year they spent $234 a day in the Aloha State, while their American counterparts parted with a measly $157. Without its spendthrift guests, Hawaii is feeling the pain. The 40% drop in Japanese tourists means $4 million...
Helena Koenig founded the Grandtravel tour group--and coined the term grandtravel, now common in the industry--16 years ago. She has expanded from four tours to 20, and a host of imitators have sprung up. Hotels and travel groups of every stripe, from the Loews chain to Elderhostel, have developed grandtravel packages. These range from reduced pricing and specially designed suites to international tours, complete with guides for adults and licensed teachers for children...