Word: sing
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Dates: during 2000-2000
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...prove that you don't have to agree on what you're for to know what you're against. And one thing they're against, it seems, is agreement itself. Too monolithic, too uniform, too global. The protesters prefer debate, diversity. They'd like to teach the world to sing in off-key counterpoint. To their minds, the IMF and the World Bank are tyrannical choirmasters with steel batons and a tin ear for cultural differences. They finance mammoth industrial projects that sweep up hundreds of workers from the countryside, decimating small farms and villages while swelling urban slums. They...
...baby from getting expelled from nursery school? "Next time," he said, "offer an alternative. Teach a silly word instead, like baloney or hogwash. If a two-year-old says dagnabbit, people are bound to laugh." But when I tried this at the supermarket the next day, Clementine began to sing, "Dad's rabbit is an asko, asko, asko." No one in Condiments laughed. While we were not exactly asked to leave, I felt it wise to limit my purchases to 15 items to qualify for express checkout...
...Parachute_. Perhaps proving the tact of the decision to keep Brian behind the bongos rather than the mike, Ryan relinquished his position of lead vocals for most of the song. While Brian's rather off-key voice had more than a slight waver, the crowd didn't hesitate to sing right along with this unexpected lead, capping off a great night. Any questions about the appropriateness of the Run-Guster combination, it seemed, had been put aside...
...start cheering yet. A slightly altered confederate flag (square instead of rectangular, with a white border) will fly in a prominent spot on the state house grounds next to a memorial for the Confederate dead. In the inevitable relief following this victory, we must remember not to sing our praises too loudly...
...take solace in, of all things, the long view. Forget the NASDAQ and going public, Karl says. Last year's IPO darling is this year's sinkhole. What matters is our 2003 bottom line, and that means--sing along, kids--building a great business by continually improving our products and better serving our customers' needs...