Word: sures
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Since mid-April, the pessimists have been winning the valuation squabble. Amazon.com once boasting a market value twice that of Sears, is now about as big as the Sears tool department. Founder Jeff Bezos has seen $8 billion of his net worth evaporate in four months. Sure, he's still worth $5 billion, but the roller-coaster ride is taking a toll on less well-heeled entrepreneurs and investors...
...Littleton area, and Jordan's brother Garrett, 17, who had friends at Columbine, was too upset to make the visit. "I thought the school was much bigger," says Greg Owens, 36, a Chicagoan who routed himself here after taking in Pikes Peak and Colorado sites. "But it sure touched me. For two teenagers to have done something like that...
...That is when I read a statement that I could no longer defend the Administration or participate on the President's behalf," recalled Ford. "I looked over at Nixon, and he was shocked. I wasn't sure what would happen. Then the strangest thing of all took place. Instead of blowing up or criticizing me, Nixon complimented me for taking exactly the right position. I would not say he was mentally incompetent then, but he was strained emotionally...
...When I felt it was pretty certain Nixon was going to resign, I asked my aide Bob Hartman to write a speech for my swearing-in," said Ford. "He was a late-night operator, and he brought me a draft the morning before. I wasn't sure I wanted the 'nightmare' line in the speech. Bob blew up. He stamped toward the door and said, 'To hell with it. If that line is not in the speech, I'm quitting.' I read the speech over a few more times, and I got to like that line better. So I used...
...people a choice means forcing other people to contribute tax dollars to institutions they may find offensive. Government compassion subsidies, says Bush's poop sheet, "should be available...to all organizations," which "should not be forced to compromise their core values" in order to chow down. Oh, really? Buddhists, sure, but what about nudists...