shouldering n.— «“The Coast Guard is building plans to deal with the possibility that we will see more movement around the coast as we seal the border more,” says Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff. Shooting at a boat’s...
bluebird sale n.— «“Given that the environment favors such action at the large, troubled, earnings-strapped banks, the possibility looms for a large ’bluebird’ sale,” he said, referring to a transaction on highly favorable...
ginger-ninja n.— «This was in response to the news about a family in Newcastle who had suffered three years of abuse—smashed windows, graffiti, physical attacks—forcing them to decamp from one council estate to another on two occasions...
Sherman n.— «Among all possible candidates for the Democratic nomination next year, is either Barack or Hillary the best qualified—or the most likely to win the general election? My answer is no. As long as Al Gore declines to take a...
gasfinger n.— «It seems that no matter how many times various energy analysts discard the possibility of an OPEC-like cartel of natural gas exporters, the specter of gasfinger, as we affectionately refer to it (credit to the FT), seems to...
social earthquake n.— «We are producing enormous stress within our ecological and social systems that creates the possibility of what I call social earthquakes; the probability is going up of major system discontinuity and we’re acting as...