Word: spur
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...chances are rising that OPEC will sharply curb production to both spur higher prices and increase political pressure on Washington and Israel. "The Saudis are set to do this," asserts Marvin Zonis, a political- and economic-risk expert at the University of Chicago. "They are very dissatisfied with U.S. foreign policy in the Middle East, specifically with Israel...
...suspects she will not for long surrender to the kind of simple adorability she demonstrates in Blonde. Her essence is tougher, maybe more driven. Her mother used to call her "my little Type A personality," a phrase Witherspoon borrowed to name her production company. She's a notorious spur to her films' writers; she helped turn Blonde into something resembling the female-empowerment comedy Private Benjamin. That intensity carries over to the set. Says Blonde co-producer Marc Platt: "Whether it was Take 2 or Take 7, she'd be focused as if there was no one else...
...chances are rising that OPEC will sharply curb production to both spur higher prices and increase political pressure on Washington and Israel. "The Saudis are set to do this," asserts Marvin Zonis, a political- and economic-risk expert at the University of Chicago. "They are very dissatisfied with U.S. foreign policy in the Middle East, specifically with Israel...
...economic forecasts, do not have an enviable record." And yet Greenspan's big picture is still rosy - the recent dropoff in productivity gains and the technological investments that fuel them are "only a pause? At some point, inventory liquidation will come to an end, and its termination will spur production and incomes." And finally, "It is notable how well the U.S. economy has withstood the many negative forces weighing on it?The economy is still standing...
...Suffice it to say that Merrill Lynch's move - which will either spur a wave of similar image-primping among other financial-services houses or merely provide a really good reason for Merrill analysts to go work somewhere else - doesn't change the answer to yes. Heck, a lot of investors, professional and otherwise, aren't even so crazy about what Merrill did. Many like the idea of their tipsters, if not exactly free of company bias, at least having their money where their mouth is. (Even Merrill's Melnick was agnostic on the question just weeks ago, telling...