Word: trumpeter
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According to Beemer's research, 51.5% of consumers plan to spend less this year, compared with 40.1% who said they'd cut back a year ago. Retailers have been quick to trumpet how their more manageable inventory levels and smaller staffs will help control costs. But such cuts could backfire against them. Over 41% of shoppers, as opposed to 21% in 2008, say they will leave stores that are short-handed or have long lines at the register. If cash-strapped customers already feel a little guilty about shopping to begin with, they'll look for any excuse to head...
...influence of the blues and jazz on the symphony? I'm not a person who writes really abstract things with oblique references. I look at abstraction like I look at condiments. Give me some Tabasco sauce, some ketchup, some mayonnaise. I love all of that. Put it on a trumpet. I've just got to have the ketchup and Tabasco sauce. That's my attitude about musical philosophy...
...Midterm elections, however, are rarely about the merits of the opposition. Democrats will be ready to trumpet health care reform if it passes, but it's not clear that will be enough to sway voters, who rank jobs and the economy as their most important issues. "Five or 10 years from now, maybe, this bill will seem as a success, who knows?" says Charlie Cook, editor of the nonpartisan Cook Political Report, which tracks congressional races. "But I don't think it will give Democrats a lift next year." Perhaps. But most Democrats aren't eager to see what kind...
There were no trumpet blasts or jubilant ceremonies to mark the occasion. But the decision by Czech President Vaclav Klaus to sign an agreement he loathed on Tuesday was momentous, nonetheless. The long-delayed passage of the Lisbon Treaty - the Czech Republic had been the last holdout among the European Union's 27 members - marks the end of an almost decade-long saga to reform the cumbersome institution and give it a stronger, more unified voice on the global stage...
...These efforts to trumpet the virtues of the French language may inadvertently decrease the allure of foreign tongues to many in France - especially among students who are made to feel they mustn't attempt to utter a word of what's often called la langue de Shakespeare until they've mastered it on paper. "I think a lot of French people are hesitant to speak another language at what could be considered the expense of French," says Karin Hull, who has taught English at Berlitz for four years. "The legacy of cultural protectionism is one factor, and the way foreign...