Word: trough
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...China relations reached a trough because of the spy-plane incident,” he said, referring to events near Taiwan in April...
...crisis with spoiled and overindulged children because they are being raised by spoiled and overindulged parents [SOCIETY, Aug. 6]. I am a baby boomer with two small boys. It saddens me to see my fellow boomers, who once turned their backs on mindless consumerism, jump feet first into the trough of rampant materialism. Parents should realize that to give their kids everything they want instead of just what they need is to sabotage their future. BILL WERNER Cedar Rapids, Iowa...
...from K Street to Wall Street to Main Street was feeling flush, it looked like cold, cruel ideology next to Bill?s lofty empathies. Not to mention that Republicans, in their own way, have been prone to spend as much as Democrats when its been their turn at the trough. Now that Americans are doing a little belt-tightening of their own, they might finally be ready to demand that Washington join them...
...companies, no doubt about it - but still less than the 816 at this point last quarter and 935 overall for Q1. Could it be there isn't as much bad news as before? That there's even some success stories sprinkled in? Could this be - drumroll, please - the earnings trough before things pick up again in the wake of just-begun...
...Have Nothing to Lose But Your Reigns Uneasy Head? Maybe the Crown's Too Tight dinosaurs in ermine? parasites breeding paparazzi at the public trough? Costly recalcitrants with hemophilia and, attitude-wise, a mace up their thrones? Wait a second: royal families are people too and, just like the rest of us, they are wrestling with the issues, resolving inner conflicts and entertaining a deep desire to change. Princess Mathilde of Belgium, for example, has a royal bun in the oven and if she delivers a girl, new laws would allow the child to become the first sovereign Queen...