Word: remarkable
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Speculating about the health of companies has long been considered imprudent in Washington, where an ill-considered, offhand remark by politicians can cost businesses and shareholders millions of dollars. With stock markets reeling, the slightest hint of corporate instability today can sink stock prices, making it unwise to suggest that financial titan X may be in danger of joining the roster of bailout candidates...
...walking in, a distinguished older woman named Peggy Simpson was rising from one of the chairs, with her white hair immaculately coiffed. "I was leaning toward McCain," she told me, "until he said the other day that the economy is good." She was referring to a remark the candidate made as the Wall Street crisis was deepening: "The fundamentals of our economy are still strong." McCain quickly revised his statement to refer to the diligence and productivity of U.S. workers, but from what I heard in Missouri, the original remark made a lasting impression on voters. Nothing about the economy...
...adult matters he confronts effectively gives the reader the impression of Pat’s mental instability. The simplicity of expression reflects an equal simplicity of character. Pat’s dominating outlook on life is that there is a silver lining to everything—a cliché remark that recurs throughout the entire novel. He expects his life to turn out like a movie with a happy ending and is enraged by anything that threatens to prevent this from happening. The happy ending that Pat anticipates is his reuniting with his ex-wife Nikki, although how their relationship...
...governor’s point remains clear: Ours is an exceptional nation, for our commitment to—or pretension of—classless meritocracy, representative democracy in its purest, fairest form, and an undying optimism about our shared future.Today, one of the women Stevenson infelicitously dismissed with his remark has nevertheless taken up his banner, in a very different way. Governor Sarah Palin has made much ado over her belief in America’s place atop a moral-idealistic hierarchy since her nomination.Not one week ago, at the vice-presidential debate in St. Louis, Palin responded...
...before being released on parole in 2007. Kevorkian said he uses the 9th Amendment, which addresses civil rights not specifically enumerated in the Constitution, as the basis for his belief in a patient’s right to die. Last week, Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia made a dismissive remark about the 9th Amendment when taking questions from the audience during a lecture at the Law School. But Law School professor Alan M. Dershowitz, who introduced Kevorkian, argued that the 9th Amendment is an important component of the Bill of Rights. “It was not a joke...