The Gathering Storm Over Guns May 1, 2009
After leaving the Clinton White House, Emanuel went on to make gun bans his stock in trade as a congressman from the anti-gun mecca of Illinois. There, he co-sponsored a bill to extend and expand the Clinton gun ban and repeatedly voted to expose America s firearms industry to bankrupting, politically motivated lawsuits. (Human Events Online)
State to MARTA: Your wants can wait Apr 9, 2009
For some reason, the State GOP has decided its in their interest to see MARTA fail and if all the House has to do to ensure that is to do nothing well that s their stock in trade. I don t think the MARTA board should ask the Governor for a special session after all he may not be willing to sign the bill even if it were passed by the House. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Opinion)
Essar Oil climbs 30% Apr 7, 2009
43 lakh shares were traded on the stock in trade so far. Read business stories in. (India Times)
Bishop: Freedom of, and responsibility of, the press Apr 6, 2009
The greater the shock value, the wider the exposure seems to be the stock in trade of some communications organizations. And it s wrong. (Medfield Press, MA)
Yar'Adua, Jonathan Others Storm Ekiti Over Re-Run Polls Apr 4, 2009
" The party said the people of the state are now resolved more than ever before to have nothing to do with the PDP and its candidate because they have realised that their stock in trade is to come to cajole them for votes during elections and never to come back to attend to the welfare of the people. Tools ? 2003 - 2007 @ Guardian Newspapers Limited (All Rights Reserved). Powered by dnet. (Guardian News, Nigeria)
No stop-gab measures for Dr M Mar 22, 2009
But that is my stock in trade. The only thing I know is talk, he said with a cheeky grin. (The Star Online, Malaysia -- News)
Fearmongering again Mar 20, 2009
Once again deploying the fear that was his stock in trade during eight long years of the Bush administration, Mr. Cheney indicated President Obama erred in abandoning "that concept of military threat that is essential if you're going to successfully defend the nation against further attacks.". Mr. Cheney conveniently overlooked the fact that he helped bring about the invasion of a country that had nothing to do with the attacks of Sept. 11. (NJ.com -- Times)
Memo to Jim Cramer: Three rules to consider Mar 16, 2009
Well, despite what you may have heard from the lazily cynical, all publicity is not good publicity particularly not when respect is your stock in trade. No one expects Cramer to be an expert in media relations, but when you appear this publicly clueless in one area, it makes people wonder how far that cluelessness extends. (USA Today -- Life)
Admiring Harveys unique style Mar 7, 2009
Today we have Rush Limbaugh, Glen Beck, and Michael Savage certainly notable personalities in their own right but broadcasters whose main stock in trade is belittling people, name-calling, and harshness. Can you imagine Beck or Savage receiving the Presidential Medal of Freedom. (Billerica Minuteman, MA)
Newsweek: Post-Mumbai India unity yields to violence Mar 4, 2009
In the past, promoting sectarian discord and violence was mostly the stock in trade of India's hypernationalist right wing. Lately, however, political parties across the ideological spectrum have shown a disturbing willingness to provoke or cater to religious and cultural bigotry. (MSNBC -- International)
Divas of doom find their fame in peddling the direst of fortunes to pessimistic masses Mar 1, 2009
"That's his stock in trade.". The Scottish-born, Oxford-trained, Harvard-seated professor's fourth book, The Ascent of Money, is currently No. 4 on the New York Times's business bestseller list. (Globe and Mail)
Analysis: Budget shows Obama's ambition Feb 27, 2009
Audacity has always been Obama's stock in trade. At stake in this endeavor is the well-being of a nation now in an economic crisis of historic proportions. (Huntington WSAZ-TV, WV)
VIEW: Hello, pot. This is kettle. Feb 26, 2009
And when such criticism comes from Rushdie, whose stock in trade is magic realism, there is an element of the pot calling the kettle black. Rushdie is a talented novelist, but nobody could accuse his books of being anything but the flights of fancy they are. (India Times, India)
Alarm over rise of BNP Feb 21, 2009
The lineaments of which were the stock in trade of Student Union politics in the mid 70's; baby politics removed from the reality of everyday life, politics as childs game in which we had to pretend that everyone is exactly the same and if they weren't then we'll damn well force that round shape into that square hole. To this end the Lennonesque strand of multiculturalism ran through every policy. (Independent)
Vermont store's blue items make customers see red Feb 18, 2009
Its stock in trade: "purveyors of the practical to find.". You'll find heavy-duty toenail clippers and Vermont-made suspenders, Lanz of Salzburg nightgowns and pine tar soap, waterproof handbags and Buster Brown socks, all presented with a dose of Yankee sensibility. (Madison Daily Leader, SD)
The puzzle of mean temps Feb 14, 2009
" Bill wrote on Feb 12, 2009 3:02 PM:" Meaningless insults are your stock in trade, Barefoot. Context must be a word you don't understand. (Albany Democrat-Herald, OR)
Internet.com eBook: Becoming a Better Project Manager Feb 8, 2009
Their stock in trade is leadership. They bring people together to achieve great things. (IntranetJournal)
Test Center review: The 21st-century BlackBerry Feb 7, 2009
Text remains BlackBerry's stock in trade, and believe it or not, the Bold's text clarity exceeds the BlackBerry Storm's, even with the smaller display. The tiny widescreen is sharper than ink. (InfoWorld)
Andrew Awuni Must Apologise to Ghanaians: Particularly Northerners. Apr 1, 2008
I am aware as he Mr. Awuni that his government is the only government in the annals of Ghana which has failed northerners and I can prove this point to the mischievous Mr. Awuni if he denies it, since that is his stock in trade. The facts are there for discerning minds to check. (Ghana Web, Ghana)
President: No job for an 'unproven, silver-tongued rookie' Mar 29, 2008
Peter Samms wrote on Mar 28, 2008 12:47 PM:" Several million people out there opposed the war in Iraq as unnecessary and ill-advised. Barack Obama serves his cause poor when he assumes a self-righteous, "I told you so" posture over and over again. He has so far demonstrated no feeling at all for the young men and women at war. Glib is his stock in trade; obvious integrity is not in there with it. People are enamored of Obama because he is a fresh face; it's fresh because to date he has been... (Sioux City Journal, IO)
Fuse Tunes Up for Agency Tour Mar 25, 2008
A year ago, Fuse moved from under Cablevision s Rainbow Media umbrella to its Madison Square Garden unit, a shift that positioned the network for greater growth and gave it entr;e to the big-ticket concert events that are the Garden s stock in trade. Our alignment with the Garden allows us to tap into artists that no one else has access to, Infeld said, adding that the network is building a new series around artists who have played the arena. (MediaWeek.com)
'Tyler Perry's Meet the Browns' Mar 24, 2008
The sense of inner resolve that has always been Bassett's stock in trade comes through here loud and clear. Perry the filmmaker would do well to challenge himself to create roles that live up to the talents of actors like Bassett, as she brings an emotional reality and deep resonance to her performance that plainly elevates the material. (Los Angeles Times)
Ever so nice Foos rock thoroughly Mar 24, 2008
The bluesy guitar intro to This is a Call was unexpected it is bawling vocals and a personable stage manner, not B.B. King-isms, that are Grohl's stock in trade. The room-working Grohl did mar an intimate full-band set on a smaller centre-floor stage with his rambling, only to rally with a measured solo version of the haunting Everlong from 1997. (Globe and Mail -- Entertainment)
Mardy Fish humbles Federer Mar 23, 2008
Rarely did Nadal get into anything like the dominant form in which he revels and even the extended baseline rallies that are his stock in trade became a Serbian domain. With confidence rapidly ebbing, Nadal was unable to assert his usual counter-punching style and two successive breaks of serve effectively assured Djokovic of his fourth Masters Series final in 12 months that have seen him rise from being a player of perceived tremendous potential to a contender for every prestigious tournament... (Times Online)
Black Crowes, Gutter Twins have new CDs Mar 22, 2008
Warpaint mines the same Allmans-to-Zappa synthesis of influences that has been the Crowes stock in trade but finds the group fortified by sharp songwriting and lace-tight, live-sounding performances. The Crowes remain loud and proud proponents of psychedelic trippiness on Daughters, Whoa Mule and Wounded Bird, and dig into some gritty grooves on Walk Believer Walk, Evergreen and a spirited cover of the Rev. Charlie Jacksons Gods Got It. (MSNBC -- Music)
Now what?: Susan Poulin fights ennui in 'Peggy Lee' play Mar 20, 2008
Making people laugh at both difficult and asinine circumstances is her stock in trade. "Is that all there is?" she continues. (Seacoast New Hampshire)
Hands off our music! Mar 18, 2008
For reasons I cannot quite explain, I retain a liking for the ultra-left trio the Redskins, whose stock in trade was spirited soul pastiches with doctrinaire leftwing lyrics (eg "Russia sparked the fires in 1917/First workers' revolution in history"), but I am probably in a minority. But in among it all, there was some great art. (Guardian Unlimited -- Politics)
Report: Fresh & Easy stores in trouble Mar 16, 2008
The company's stock in trade is the marketing of cooked and prepared foods and grab-and-go meals aimed at people who want to eat wholesome but don't want to devote a lot of time to food preparation. Fresh & Easy already has 37 stores in Southern California and the Las Vegas and Phoenix metropolitan areas, which it began opening in November. (San Jose Business Journal)
This script's all new Mar 15, 2008
While three-hour eye-glazers were the stock in trade of the old Bollywood, Mr. Screwvala likes to keep films to about 90 minutes. And he helped the industry break out of its stale pattern of hackneyed plots and predictable song-and-dance numbers to embrace wider themes. (Globe and Mail -- Entertainment)
Nat Geo Has Elephantine Slate Prepped for Upfront Mar 7, 2008
As documentaries have long been Nat Geo s stock in trade, the net has a wide array of long-form specials in the works, including Herod s Lost Tomb, which will give the world its first look inside the recently discovered tomb of the Biblical heavy, who as the Roman king of the client state of Judaea, built the Masada and Herodium fortresses and was instrumental in securing reliable water supplies for the desert province. Herod s tomb will be pried open in the fourth quarter of 2008. (MediaWeek.com)
Post a comment Mar 4, 2008
Why bother to punish another artist who s stock in trade IS at base, creativity and even imagination. Get real, there are far more consequential lies being told to the American public, than a coming-of -age story that didn t actually happen to the writer who nonetheless had the skill, will and drive to make it real to the reader. (International Herald Tribune)
Obama victory will prolong US racial divide Mar 2, 2008
Trevor Phillip's stock in trade has been racism and he's made a good career out of it until now but Barack Obama is the future and this is bad news for Hillary and for Mr Phillips, who will both be put out of business. Roger, Southwark. (Times Online)
Che Guevara and the Obama Campaign Mar 2, 2008
"Inappropriate? Yes, and in the same league as cross-burning or swastika-painting are inappropriate. This is not trivial. Ernesto "Che" Guevara was second in command, chief executioner, and chief KGB liaison for a regime that outlawed elections and private property. This regime's KGB-supervised police -- employing the midnight knock and the dawn raid among other devices -- rounded up and jailed more political prisoners as a percentage of population than Stalin's and executed more people (out of... (Human Events Online)
Weather Looks to HD, Mobile in '08 Feb 29, 2008
Weather correspondents will begin sending back HD signals from the field sometime in June, giving viewers a sharper look at the wind-lashed trees and snow-choked roadways that are the channel s stock in trade during the stormier months. A gradual transition from standard-def to HD will take hold on a daypart-by-daypart basis through October, when the conversion will be complete. (MediaWeek.com)
Nets Decry 'Caustic' Anti-Obama Talk Host Feb 28, 2008
That's his stock in trade. McCain apologized profusely, said this is not what he's about. (MediaResearch.org)
Letters to the Editor - 2/27/2008 Feb 28, 2008
Then he claims I'm ridiculing "science" -- my stock in trade -- when actually it's his wild-eyed postings I'm imitating. And since it's okay for a mere blogger with NO CREDENTIALS to challenge a scientist such as myself who wears a WHITE LAB COAT, it should be okay for anyone to challenge other scientists as well, right. (North County Times)
Army corps hedges on Falls Lake Feb 20, 2008
All irrigation is prohibited, including any watering for commercial containerized plants and commercial plant stock in trade. All public restaurants must use bottled water, and disposable plates, cups, cutlery and other tableware. (News & Observer)
The Band's Visit Feb 16, 2008
Instead, a gentle humanism is the picture's stock in trade and, by extension, the sole thematic argument. People, it implies, are both simpler and more complex than the politics that surround them. (Globe and Mail -- Entertainment)
Jess Cain, longtime Boston radio personality, dead at 81 Feb 15, 2008
Sound effects, song parodies, and witty commentary were his stock in trade, and for 34 years of mornings on WHDH-AM he had few rivals, becoming one of the most popular radio personalities in Boston. "People would swear by him, getting up in the morning. He put a lot of people into their cars and off to work," said John Henning, a former senior correspondent at WBZ-TV who worked at WHDH as a reporter and anchor for part of Mr. Cain's tenure. (Boston Globe)
Financing Scuttles Answers.com's Bid for Lexico Feb 14, 2008
com, whose stock in trade is finding solutions to pressing questions, could not find one for itself when it came to financing its planned $100 million acquisition of Lexico Publishing Group, the parent of Dictionary. com. (Red Herring, CA)
Obama Workers Sporting Che Guevara Images Feb 14, 2008
His stock in trade was the mass-murder of defenseless men and boysbound and gagged is how he demanded his victims. On Oct. 8 1967, upon finally encountering armed and determined enemies, Che quickly dropped his fully-loaded weapons and whimpered: "Don't Shoot! I'm Che! I'm worth more to you alive than dead!". (Newsmax)
SLIDE SHOWThe indecipherable handwriting of literary giants. Feb 12, 2008
"They are your stock in trade; you're there to get them right.". Robert Frost observed, in an early notebook transcribed in Faggen's edition, that men are ruled by four fears: "of jail, of the poor house of the insane asylum and of Hell." He might also have added a fifththe fear of being censured by colleagues for easily avoidable errors in a scholarly edition. (Slate)
Nuclear warfare just stepped closer Feb 11, 2008
It could be catastrophic, but it is highly unlikely to threaten the very survival of the US. To believe otherwise risks surrendering to the fear and intimidation that is precisely the terrorists' stock in trade. General Richard Myers, another former chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, has claimed that if terrorists were able to kill 10,000 Americans in a nuclear attack, they would "do away with our way of life". (Sydney Morning Herald -- Opinion)
The irrelevance of Obama's Color Feb 10, 2008
Obama is infinitely preferable to black candidates before him like Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton, professional racial activists whose stock in trade is the exploitation of black victimology and white guilt. As the first black candidate with a realistic chance of becoming president, Obama is understandably attracting record-setting levels of black support. (Boston Globe)
Sheryl Crow, Lenny Kravitz have new CDs Feb 9, 2008
The mostly one-man-show of Time is another amalgamation of the vintage rock stylings that are his stock in trade, from the crunchy, Led Zeppelin-styled blues rock of Bring It On to the psychedelic riffing of A Love Revolution, the mannered dynamics of If You Want It and the trippy, Beatles-flavored melodicism of Good Morning and A New Door. . (MSNBC -- Music)
EDITOR’S MAILBAG (Jan. 31) Feb 8, 2008
It doesn't make sense, and making statement that don't make sense is really your stock in trade. It is your style to attack service woman and service men (like me) , not mine. (Albany Democrat-Herald, OR)
Called to accountThe haphazard pursuit - and differing fates - of war criminals Jan 27, 2008
Sadly part of the stock in trade of being a foreign correspondent is coming across war crimes ... Sadly part of the stock in trade of being a foreign correspondent is coming across war crimes. (BBC News -- Americas)
Meaning of equal (Jan. 15) Jan 26, 2008
Bill wrote on Jan 24, 2008 10:04 PM:" Barefoot, taking positions based on rhetoric rather than facts is your stock in trade. I can't believe you really think you fought for that right in a bar. Or was it while sitting around in your submarine and thinking about it? ". Barefoot wrote on Jan 25, 2008 7:40 AM:" Distance I was from Soviet submarine while I was "sitting" on submarine: 75 feet. ". (Albany Democrat-Herald, OR)
Stage Scenes Jan 17, 2008
Fillers been touring the world with her material for the last quarter-century, and shes played the very funny Punch Me In The Stomach and Filler Up in T.O. Her stock in trade is Jewish humour; its not by chance that in Filler Up she entertains the audience while baking a challah from scratch. Shes back this week with two performances of Dont Get Me Started, a recent show thats been getting solid reviews. (Now Toronto)
Prof Mills, Please stop beating war drums Jan 14, 2008
Will someone be wrong to say that he is been compelled to join the stock in trade of his party so as to properly identify himself with them. For me, what the NDC big wigs and their propagandists are doing is a tacit concession of defeat in the upcoming elections. (Ghana Web, Ghana)
She didn’t weep Jan 12, 2008
The editorial cartoon at the top of this page is the kind of exaggeration that is the stock in trade of cartoonists. Like scores of similar drawings across the country, it makes the false claim that Hillary Clinton s tears helped her win the Democratic primary for president in New Hampshire. (Albany Democrat-Herald, OR)
Keeping youth at the forefront Jan 8, 2008
Testosterone therapy is the stock in trade for Ageless Men's Health; it doesn't do anything else. The clinic opened in August 2007. (Memphis Business Journal, TN)
The winner is Sydney Jan 7, 2008
"Even if they're wel 00004000 l organised, their stock in trade is anarchy." The Spanish. "Whereas the French are anarchic by choice, the Spanish are genuinely anarchic. The letters OH&S have definitely not been translated into Spanish." The English. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
One false note for poignant Lloyd Webber musical Jan 6, 2008
His stock in trade for this show is starkness, and his economy-over-effect approach allows the audience to concentrate on the characters. Nothing in this production is gratuitous, and its simple presentation matches the directness of the songs themselves. (Globe and Mail)
'There Will Be Blood' delivers Jan 4, 2008
Misdirection is his stock in trade. He rarely speaks to communicate, but to get something from someone else and usually he succeeds. (Seacoast New Hampshire)
Not even the credit crunch can stop Buffett doing deals Jan 2, 2008
"Credibility is really your stock in trade in this business," said Jeffrey Houston, a senior portfolio manager at the mutual fund American Century Investments. "And MBIA and some of the others are operating with a taint on their name.". (Sydney Morning Herald -- Business)
Pretensions of 'Higher' Moral Character and ... Dec 30, 2007
However, in listening to recent statements by public officials and others plying their stock in trade for political office in the public media and airwaves, one gets the impression that Ghana is for one religion or the other. Some of these statements appear regularly on Ghanaweb. (Ghana Web, Ghana)
Warren Buffett, investor on a hot streak, makes more deals Dec 30, 2007
" That may explain why Buffett has decided to start a new bond guarantor rather than take control of one of the many firms already in the business, among them MBIA, Ambac and FGIC. Critics say those bond guarantors do not have enough capital to cover future losses in the mortgage-related securities they have guaranteed. In recent weeks, credit rating agencies have told some of these firms to raise new capital or risk losing their AAA rating, an outcome that would make it virtually impossible for... (International Herald Tribune -- Business)
Muni Market's Nuttiness Proves Boon to Bond Insurers Dec 29, 2007
This isn't the first time that a rating company took a look at its stock in trade and decided that some change was due. Back in 1999, Fitch prepared a default study of its own, and Frank Rizzo, then-head of public finance at the company, said, ``maybe we have been underrating muni bonds all this time. (Bloomberg -- Columnists)
Robopanda: Headed for Extinction Dec 28, 2007
s stock in trade is cyborg-like toys that combine aspects of man, machine, and beast. Among them are a robotic dragonfly, an eerie singing Elvis bust, and Robosapien, an android that can walk and grasp objects. (BusinessWeek)
Can aging be cured? Dec 20, 2007
Their recommendation: more of the patient, basic scientific research that is their stock in trade. Each idea that we decide to pursue will cost years of work and a great deal of money, so we spend a lot of time at meetings, seminars and in the library trying to search for and weigh alternatives, and looking for loopholes in our chain of arguments before they are pointed out to us either by peer reviewers or experimental results. (Racine Journal Times, WI)
Review: Prince of Darkness: Richard Perle Dec 14, 2007
James Traub is the author of "The Best Intentions: Kofi Annan and the U.N. in the Era of American World Power." He is currently working on a book about the promotion of democracy. " He used the planning board to advance the cause of Ahmad Chalabi, the shadowy banker and would-be insurgent. And inside the Defense Department, Perle's prot?g? and former business partner Douglas Feith convened a group of supposed experts - mostly ideologues also associated with Perle - to vindicate the dubious... (International Herald Tribune -- Arts)
21 comments Dec 14, 2007
Not only are facts not their stock in trade, they actively avoid them for themselves, and suppress them for everyone else. They work very hard at making sure that nobody hears any facts that would expose their horrific industry for what it is. (Human Events Online)
NPP Drowned In The Ocean Of Corruption & Malfeasance Dec 12, 2007
Again, to authenticate this shameful national man made tragedy the then sitting NPP Member of Parliament for Nkoranza North, dishonorable Eric Amoateng whose stock in trade was drug trafficking and is currently languishing in a US jail was busted for importing $6million worth of Heroin into the United State of America under the shadow of diplomatic privileges. Apart from these, there are several narcotic drug trafficking cases involving immediate family members of leading NPP functionaries and... (Ghana Web, Ghana)
John Edward, the happy medium, comes home to LI Dec 11, 2007
Instead of the metaphysical tete-a-tetes that were his stock in trade when I first met him more than a decade ago, Edward now focuses on group readings. He's just come back from a tour of Australia, where he drew stadium crowds of more than 12,000. (Newsday -- Sports)
