Word: tag
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...want to show people what can happen if they are not careful about the ecology," says Gennadi Blinov, Kievturist's director general. The $4-a-day price tag includes optional radiation scans for tourists who are worried. Income from the tours will be used to help victims of the April 1986 disaster...
...scene, where designer names often grow to billboard proportions, the tag of the moment is Stussy. Designer Shawn Stussy, 36, of Laguna Beach, Calif., has made a splash with surf-meets-rap sportswear. Stussy and partner Frank Sinatra Jr. (no relation to you-know-who) say revenues hit $17 million last year in stores from Los Angeles to Manhattan. Stussy, a former surfboard maker, started his business in 1982 by transferring surfboard graphics to T shirts and shorts...
...allies pay for Operation Desert Storm? At nearly $50 million for an F-117 Stealth fighter and $2 million for an M-1 tank, the cost of the conflict could add up more swiftly than any other war in American history. By one estimate, the price tag would be as much as $28 billion for a one-month campaign and $86 billion for a six-month siege of Saddam Hussein's forces. Experts say the high-tech combat already costs $500 million a day and may reach $1 billion if heavy fighting breaks out on the ground. At the height...
Politicians taking the wait-and-see position drew moral support from Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan, who argued somewhat wishfully last week that much of the estimated cost of the war may simply vanish. Greenspan told Congress that the price tag "may be a lot lower than we realize" if the conflict proves short and the U.S. decides not to replace many weapons lost in battle. He pointedly advised against raising income taxes. "I think a surcharge at this stage is very clearly premature and, hopefully, unnecessary," Greenspan said. At the same time, he indicated that the Federal Reserve would...
Then there is the problem of violence. Peace activist (with the exception of the revolutionary nuts who sometimes tag along) are, almost by definition, non-violent. Prowar demonstrators often aren't. Already, we have seen scenes reminiscent of Vietnam, in which hard-hat hawks physically assault peaceful demonstrators...