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| Author: | J Kaufman [ Thu Nov 08, 2012 7:05 am ] |
| Post subject: | Cliche corner |
Curse you, textile lobby. Curse you, crisis lobby. Curse you, whoever lobbies for rock-wall-climbing at birthday parties. How else to explain those 1.8 million looms that are about to topple off the fiscal crisis cliff? Attachment: Capture.JPG [ 124.97 KiB | Viewed 202 times ] |
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| Author: | J Kaufman [ Thu Nov 08, 2012 8:13 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Cliche corner |
Bonus: The market declined as Wall Street reacted to news of the extinction of the dodo bird. Tomorrow prices will go up or down, depending on whether analysts believe the bird can or cannot make a comeback. Dow drops 313 points after election, anticipating the Fiscal Cliff [Washington Times] |
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| Author: | J Kaufman [ Mon Dec 24, 2012 9:10 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Cliche corner |
Update: The Times today went with fiscal impasse, no inverted commas, in the hed on the lede story. That's an extra syllable, and Frenchy besides. The paper also found gridlocked irresistible. |
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