Word: swooning
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...past six months. But the recent dismal economic news is threatening to weaken it further. This past week the dong jumped from 16,120 to the dollar to 18,500 on the black market as traders rushed to put their dong into dollars and gold. The currency swoon makes imports, from food to commodities, more expensive. Jocelyn Tran, whose Ho Chi Minh City company contracts with local factories to supply apparel to U.S. stores, says the price of Chinese-made yarn has jumped 15% this year. "Our factories are absorbing it by cutting out the profit margin," says Tran. Even...
...works, whether you’re in France or Iowa, is this: As Susan Sarandon and Tim Curry sing and swoon on screen, you—dressed in maybe a pink tutu or a leather corset—throw rice during the wedding scene, blow noisemakers during the party scene, and call out witty, often tasteless one-liners: “Susan’s on the ra-ag; now the rag’s on her head!” Somewhere between screen and seats, a cast of actors acts out what’s happening on stage...
...Introducing Angels” is perhaps the most simplistic song, but it’s also the most straightforwardly beautiful. The lines are literally punctuated by sighs. Strings swell to the song’s climax, piano tinkles in the background, and the whole song seems to swoon. In this same vein, the Yo La Tengo-esque “My Favorite Year,” with its pulsating drone, high-pitched echoes, and swirling piano, proves that Bejar can still write a six-minute epic that doesn’t sound a second too long.Closing track...
...What men most desire is a virgin who is a whore.” Harvard men seem to want a genius who is a moron. While Harvard women spent their high school careers trying not to intimidate too many men with their intellects, Harvard men spent theirs making women swoon with their massive, girthy arrays of knowledge. Arriving at Harvard demanded adjustment. For if Harvard men are not intimidated by Harvard women’s intellects, Harvard women are not excessively impressed by the intellects of Harvard men. It might seem as though this would lead to interesting, balanced conversations...
YOUR INVESTMENTS: Prepare a shopping list. January's stock swoon may have been unsettling, but it's no reason for panic. "Someone walked up to me and asked if he should put everything in cash," says Nicholas Nicolette, principal at Sterling Financial Planning. "That was an emotional reaction." Instead, use this time to cherry-pick overlooked, undervalued stocks. "For the well-prepared investors, these down moves provide opportunities," says Jeffrey Saut, chief investment strategist at Raymond James Financial. Just make sure to go bargain-shopping within the confines of a calm-headed, long-term strategy...