Word: spread
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Dates: during 2000-2000
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...this year, that has meant $120 billion in transactions. And when you're running the network, all sorts of profitable opportunities arise. Last week, when word spread that natural-gas prices would spike this winter, Enron's in-house traders saw their gains surge as customers raced to lock in future supplies at today's prices. And Enron's stock price? It hit $90 last week, tripling its value of a year ago. Kind of like an Internet play, only better...
...Alene, Butler will be in court facing a civil suit that could cost him his most prized asset: the 20-acre compound where he has lived since 1973, providing a haven for the nation's racist misfits. Featuring a chapel, bunkhouses, gun tower and stage, the $238,000 spread serves as headquarters for Butler's activities, which include a direct-mail operation and a website. Each Sunday, at his Church of Jesus Christ Christian, he preaches hatred of Jews and racial minorities. And each summer he is host to an Aryan World Congress. At the three-day event in July...
...kids transition into middle school, they are negotiating new settings, establishing power within peer groups," she says. In this confusing period, denigration of others often proves a successful route to prominence. In boys this generally manifests itself through taunting or threats of violence, while girls are more apt to spread rumors or inflict social ostracism. The study shows bullying tapering off as kids advance into the eighth grade...
...starting with their first meeting, a night out where they threw over their respective dates to hook up with each other. (Here is the difference between Al Gore and Bill Clinton: Al dumps his young lady for some other hottie and his campaign goes out of its way to spread the story, to humanize him.) Tipper's job tonight: to pledge her love to her husband convincingly enough that we would want to steal him from...
...trotted out its otherwise unbroken lineup of female congresspeople, and it's testament to the enduring sway over the party of Roe v. Wade and the Supreme Court appointment power that none of them raised a peep about being segregated in one block like some "Babes of the Senate" spread in the August issue...