Word: wheel
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...been hosting a number of programs, and Chuck Woolery, who was hosting Wheel of Fortune at that time, had taken ill for a week, so [Merv Griffin's people] asked me if I would come host his show. In 1983 they called and said, We're thinking of bringing back Jeopardy! Would you consider hosting it? I said, Would you consider paying me? And they said yes. And I said I would be happy...
...This complaint is entirely legitimate. However, in the case of text messaging, the temptation is so insidious that people cannot be fully trusted to decide for themselves whether it is safe to text behind the wheel. Besides, with so many lives at stake, is it really that much trouble to just pull over...
...early to know what Jim Murphy will do with the gaping hole on the GMA couch, but early signs suggest a conservative approach. "I don't think the wheel has to be reinvented," says Murphy, who promises no sudden moves. "We owe it to our audience to get this right," he says. Probably wouldn't be bad for the show either...
...David Evans, managing director at consulting firm LECG, founder of Market Platform Dynamics and editor of FinReg21.com, says there's no doubt the SEC was asleep at the wheel during the Madoff crisis. However, he believes it's next to impossible to sue a government entity and thinks it would be better if Congress stepped up to help out the victims similar to the way it assisted the automakers and others. He suggests financial assistance be limited to victims that are either nonprofit organizations or have income under a certain threshold...
...ministry. At the scene, his black car lies badly damaged on the side of the road. There are bullet marks on three sides of the vehicle, the front windscreen, and on both sides of the backseat. Broken shards of glass lie strewn on the road nearby. The steering wheel is smeared with blood, as are the cars seats. The minister's blood-stained turban and prayer beads were left abandoned as he was rushed to hospital. (See pictures of Pakistan's vulnerable North-West Frontier Province...