sin-bin room n.— «Ms Hewitt’s plans for licensed premises to provide “sin-bin” rooms in which employees or customers can smoke if they wish…are still on the table. Several ministers raised questions at yesterday’s...
smoking carriage n.— «Ms Hewitt’s plans for licensed premises to provide “sin-bin” rooms in which employees or customers can smoke if they wish…are still on the table. Several ministers raised questions at yesterday’s...
Estradification n.— «Some Republicans said yesterday that the demands may be early signs of a stealth campaign by Democrats to kill the Supreme Court nomination by demanding documents they know they won’t get—a strategy one Republican...
swivel chair job n.— «Senator William Langer…charged yesterday that there are “three-quarters of a million young fellows of draft age now holding down swivel chair jobs instead of being in the armed services where they belong...
go fever n.— «NASA administrator Michael Griffin said yesterday that he believes the shuttle is ready to fly again, adding that he was comfortable the agency wasn’t suffering from what some astronauts refer to as “go fever...
trusted traveler n.— «The United States and its North American neighbors yesterday announced that they will set up a “trusted traveler” program for the continent by 2008, and will this year develop a plan to respond together...