Word: sputters
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...economy is beginning to sputter," George W. Bush said Wednesday after the Dow slid its way back below 10,000 and had brokers all over Wall Street checking to see if their windows opened. "I'm sorry people are losing value in their portfolios. That worries me." And then the sale: "But with the right policies, I'm confident our economy will recover.... And that means giving people money back, in plain language...
...down weekend saw the Harvard men's hockey team's defense sputter, while the offense was firing on all cylinders...
...plan--sketchy on details, as Bush likes to be--was substantively questionable but politically sharp. Gore and his spokesmen were left to sputter about Bush's "irresponsible" proposal and how it proved the Governor's inexperience. Indeed, Bush was fuzzy on how many nukes he'd unilaterally cut, something congressional Republicans and the Pentagon have always resisted. His grand missile shield is far larger than what Clinton proposes and is based mostly on unproven technology that could cost hundreds of billions of dollars. And his list of campaign promises is adding up to a mountain of new spending, creating doubts...
...Bang run in reverse. If it's not, and expansion wins out, then the universe will eventually grow unpleasantly dark and cold. Stars produce energy by fusing light atomic nuclei, mainly hydrogen and helium, into heavier ones. When the hydrogen and helium run low, old stars will sputter out without any new ones to take their place, and the universe will gradually fade to black. Such were the gloomy alternatives that Robert Frost wrote about after being briefed on the theory of the cosmic endgame by the astronomer Harlow Shapley...
...were shouting all over the place, as the doors were late in opening. Even the Salvation Army Man had earphones on. I decided to check our tickets and see where we were sitting. First row, floor. I looked at Nate. He was practically giggling with glee, managing to sputter "five-feet from the ring!" I told him that I was going back outside to scalp my ticket, then going to the Prudential to buy a new holiday dress with my profit, and would meet him at the Park Street T stop at 11. I thought conceding the 2,000 words...