Word: trimly
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...that's what makes New Orleans New Orleans." But New Orleans is already changing. In the 7th Ward, east of downtown in an area that got little flooding, Latoya Crump is overseeing work on her mom?s shotgun house painted a pale minty green with dark green gingerbread trim. But she?s heard that most of the African American residents, who rented their homes, aren?t returning, and she worries that the neighborhood will be gentrified by those with more money. "They keep saying come home, rebuild, but there are no resources-outside of your family, that is," says Crump...
...snatched defeat from the jaws of victory. First, Princeton guard Edwin Buffmire, who has only a few more inches in height that I do and considerably less hair, yanked down an offensive rebound in the middle of the paint and put it back through the hoop to trim the lead to four. Then the Crimson committed the first of two horrendous turnovers against the Tigers’ desperation full-court press. Scott Greenman made them pay by draining a long three-pointer that hushed the crowd and brought the score to a suddenly tense 59-58. One more steal...
...after her Glitter album tanked, EMI had to pay Mariah Carey $28 million to extricate itself from the $80 million contract it had signed with her. In February 2002, EMI issued another profit warning. Record sales were clearly not recovering. A month later, it announced a restructuring plan to trim $175 million in costs. That process included cutting 1,800 jobs and getting out of the business of manufacturing and distributing CDs. "It was a tough time," Rose says. And it left employee morale shaky. EMI never flirted with bankruptcy, because its operating cash flow remained strong. Indeed...
...competitive threat to Barbie did not go unnoticed by the makeover masters at Mattel. In the face of years of criticism, Nurse Barbie had turned into Doctor Barbie, Stewardess Barbie into Astronaut Barbie, with a host of multicultural friends. There was even Barbie for President 2004 in a trim red pantsuit with a Stars-and-Stripes scarf...
...audio version of his memoir, "Dreams from My Father." But here's the killer: He doesn't really gain weight. People who've met with him note he's endlessly snacking on nuts or whatever is at hand, and yet his 6'2'' frame remains as trim as ever. "At one point in the campaign, he said if he doesn't work out, he loses weight,' says Robert Gibbs, Obama's spokesman. "And I was like 'you really shouldn't say that anymore...