Word: vanillas
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...better than anyone else that it would take some mighty brainpower--and luck and political genius--to get this next stage right. Orszag had been working the problem for months, leading a four-hour meeting on his birthday, Dec. 16, in Chicago, at which Obama showed up with a vanilla cake. Orszag, Summers, Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner and Orszag's deputy Robert Nabors agreed that there was no avoiding a deficit this year of about $1.5 trillion, including the bank bailout and the stimulus bill. They were prepared to swim even deeper into the red next year, expanding Obama...
Johnson, who is as plain as a vanilla milk shake, swinging from the pits? Not likely, and even Smith qualified his statement by saying that it's not so much pugilism but door-to-door drama that the sport needs right now. "We need to get back a little beating and banging, a little nudging," he said. "We need some of the numbers rubbed off the door. We need some of that...
...Pricing plain-vanilla mortgage-backed securities (MBS), which are based on thousands of home loans, isn't easy. But MBS are only the tip of the troubled bank iceberg. Lurking below are bonds that are more complicated, and much more difficult to value. Among the most confounding are collateralized debt obligations (CDOs...
...Like any other business in this environment, McDonald's faces some potential roadblocks. It's rolling out a specialty coffee menu, called McCafe, which will include vanilla lattes and mochas. "It's not the best time to roll out a premium beverage product," Glass notes. As the recession wears on, fast-food-service growth may flatten out; plus, McDonald's can expect more price competition. For example, Steak 'n Shake, the diner-style burger chain in 21 states throughout the Midwest and South, is promoting four different meal combos for less than $4. "In Los Angeles, every other billboard...
...cloyingly syrupy and intensely fruity. Shallal and his team have concocted specialty drinks to match their namesakes for inauguration weekend - the Obama, the Delaware Dude, the Michelle and the Jill. Use one of the 100% biodegradable straws to sip on the Obama, a cool, creamy blend of vanilla and chocolate liquors with dark cherry undertones. Make sure to eye the back room portraits of the Dalai Lama, Gandhi and Martin Luther King. This space pays strong tribute to U Street's civil rights history, where some of the nation's first protests took place. Pick up some liberally-minded titles...