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Word: cleaver (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 2000-2009
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...imitators. Now that the markets are in the middle of a bear/bull/correction/shakeout, the glower power of investors is peaking. When a company gets too big for consumers' good, the feds start in; when a company gets too big for its own bottom line, that's when investors grab the cleaver...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AT&T Contemplates a Sacrifice on Investors' Altar | 10/23/2000 | See Source »

...Bradley opened his mouth at the Democratic debate in Los Angeles last week, Gore seemed in full accord. "I agree with that statement," he said at one point. "I think it was a very fine statement." Ouch. For months Gore had been treating Bradley's ideas the way a cleaver treats meat. But now that Bradley's campaign resembled ground chuck, the Vice President was showering him with roses--a spectacle that's likely to continue this week, if Gore finishes off Bradley on Super Tuesday. In the press room during the debate, Bradley's campaign chairman, Doug Berman, watched...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How Al Came Back To Life | 3/13/2000 | See Source »

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