Word: sharpened
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Dates: during 2000-2000
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...weekly paddle-tennis game has taken an interesting turn. I play with a trader and two money managers, and lately, points lost on the NASDAQ have been discussed more hotly than those lost on the court through blurred vision and spot rule revisions. To sharpen our focus and have a bit of fun, at our last outing we each made a stab at how long it will take the NASDAQ to get back to its March 10 record close of 5,049. The surprising results spurred me to widen the sample last week with calls to 10 other Wall Street...
...sharpen their message, chief strategist Rove formed the McKinnon Commission to come up with a packaged policy that was not new in substance but had a buffed-up look to it, including sepia-toned briefing books. "Blueprint for the Middle Class," for instance, was just a 10-page document done in the style of actual blueprints that outlined how the Bush plan would support the family from cradle to grave. There was nothing subtle about it: on nearly every page was a picture of a woman, each one from a different walk of life, state, demographic subgroup. It looked like...
...spirit of fun, I offer up this homage to The Game--which also allows for some good-natured competition. Sharpen those pencils and hit the field...
...sharpen her playing abilities, Feaster decided to spend the WNBA off-season playing in France, along with her husband, former N.C. State forward Danny Strong. At Aix-en-Provence of the Ligue fminine de Basket (LFB), she led her team in scoring and was selected to play in an all-star game matching international stars with French-born players. She even won the three-point contest held at halftime of the event...
...Israeli defense minister Ephraim Sneh immediately blamed the Palestinian Authority for the attack, attributing it to the release in recent weeks of scores of Hamas and Islamic Jihad militants from Arafat's jails. The attack will sharpen the political dilemma posed by the latest cease-fire for Prime Minister Ehud Barak. Israel had begun withdrawing some of its tanks from the outskirts of Palestinian neighborhoods Thursday, and Arafat's police were seen breaking up demonstrations around Israeli checkpoints following the agreement to try and curb the violence that has claimed 173 lives over the past five weeks...