Juliana Hatfield, Staind have new CDs Aug 26, 2008
The set is bookended by the out-and-out rockers This Is It, The Way I Am and the album-closing Rainy Day Parade, but Stainds stock in trade is still the midtempo arrangement with the laid-back verse swelling into a big, anthemic chorus. advertisement. (MSNBC -- Music)
Give us a break Aug 17, 2008
Uncle Toby's already has every second sportsman and woman in Australia in the bag - that's its stock in trade - so it's just business as usual for them. But, for many big brands, this year's Olympics required some creative thinking. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Progress got us a bad diet Aug 13, 2008
Bill wrote on Aug 12, 2008 11:18 AM:" Personal insults are your stock in trade, Barefoot, so if you don't like them, quit posting them yourself. As I said, you can load up on as much fat as you want and tell yourself it is healthy all you want. If you look at the USDA food pyramid, you will notice that fats, oils and sweets are to be "used sparingly. " Just because a PB&J is better than a Big Mac, doesn't mean it is a healthy choice as it is full of fats, oils and sweets. ". (Albany Democrat-Herald, OR)
St. Ansgar woodworker crafts a fulfilling career Aug 13, 2008
The beautiful and sometimes-unusual are Gonnerman s stock in trade. He created his first major piece a cedar chest when he was only 12 years-old. (Mason City Globe-Gazette, IO)
'Herd mentality' Aug 12, 2008
Most print and broadcast journalists, whose stock in trade should be the correct use of words, routinely use "like" for "as," "alternate" for "alternative," "regards" for "regard," "empathetic" for "empathic," and the plural "they" to refer to singular nouns such as "everyone, everybody, someone, somebody, nobody," etc. A highly respected TV commentator (name omitted to protect the guilty) even said "snuck" recently on national TV.Subtler but more insidious is the susceptibility of members of... (Fresno Bee -- Opinion)
Cintas turning new page Aug 12, 2008
But uniform rentals its stock in trade for four decades now generate less than 40 percent of its overall revenues, and more than half of its 800,000 customers don t buy or rent Cintas uniforms at all. While the long decline in U.S. manufacturing employment has curbed growth in rentals operations, its other businesses are growing faster and more profitably. (Cincinnati Business Courier, OH)
The bloke most likely Aug 10, 2008
In an industry in which taking yourself seriously, and taking it personally, are stock in trade, the 32-year-old actor and comedian clings obstinately to old-fashioned Aussie self-deprecation. He maintains, according to those who know him best, a world-class bullshit meter. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Opinion: Could Obama's rise signal the end of black victimology? Aug 6, 2008
It may well mark the end of the dominant, decades-old theme of "victimology" in African-American discourse that has been Jackson's and several other leaders' stock in trade. Victimology, in the view of black writer John McWhorter, is the theory that (1) African-Americans are continuing victims of racism and discrimination, and (2) their progress consequently depends chiefly on acts of repentant benevolence by whites in the extreme case, reparations for slavery. (Christian Science Monitor)
Olympic journal: A ducky and delicious dinner Aug 5, 2008
Although duck is Da Dong's stock in trade, the restaurant's marquee shared equal billing with "Chef Dong's Braised Sea Cucumber." I guess if you're going to have sea cucumber, you might as well braise it. We took an el paso on the sea cukes, braised or otherwise, and went for an assortment of appetizers while our duck was having its goose cooked. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Sports)
* [BOOK REVIEW] The long evening wanes Aug 3, 2008
Skeletons in the cupboard are the stock in trade of the bourgeois family novel, and here the trauma focuses on the circumstances in which the grandmother dies, seemingly slipping and hitting her head one hot morning in the bathroom. Amma, Chellam and two of the children are all in the vicinity, and Preeta Samarasan plays the detective novel whodunit game with great aplomb. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
KH advisor lays down Sunshine Law Aug 2, 2008
The Public Records Act is a journalist's stock in trade, but the law applies to any member of the public. The act determines that any public document requested must be turned over to any member of the public-not just the press-upon request and within a reasonable length of time for a reasonable cost, if any. (Bradford County Telegraph, FL)
Beauty personified on our streets Jul 24, 2008
In a world of moral relativism, the World Youth Day generation hungers for certainty and absolute truths, the stock in trade of Pope Benedict XVI.. "Life is a search for the true, the good and the beautiful," he told the pilgrims at the Hungry Mile last week. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Opinion)
Boys Like Girls insincere Jul 23, 2008
Frontman Joel Madden, sporting a Misfits t-shirt and trademark fedora, began what seems to be his stock in trade throughout, bantering with the audience while sounding bored and more than a little insincere. "Are you hot and sweaty? You look hot and sweaty." This observation was followed by "I can't believe how many girls are here tonight and you have high pitched screams. We know you can scream. We get it." He then led an extended demonstration of the difference between the boys and girl's lung... (AZCentral -- Entertainment)
All you wanted to know on wealth tax Jul 16, 2008
Motor cars that are held by an assessee for running them on hire or held as stock in trade are also not liable to wealth-tax. The same applies to jewellery that is held as stock in trade for the purpose of business. (India Times)
London theater: While some dramas travel well, others leave something behind Jul 16, 2008
Last autumn, Ghatak seemed authentically goofy as he helped Malini test the Super Sparkler metal polish that is this part-time saleswoman's stock in trade. This go-round, the same performer comes across as decidedly creepy, rather like one of those characters out of an Ibsen play who, for all their apparent generosity, portend ill. (International Herald Tribune -- Arts)
Next stop, summer Jul 13, 2008
Many of Essex's shingled wooden buildings that once served the boatbuilding trade now house restaurants and shops, most notably antiques shops, the town's stock in trade for the last few decades. Feeling immune to the accumulating impulse, we indulged by looking over antique furniture and heirloom jewelry before the Explorer picked us up for the return trip to the Ipswich station. (Boston Globe)
Psst! Hear the rumor of the day? Jul 8, 2008
Rumor-mongering, of course, has long been the stock in trade of some on Wall Street. Billions of dollars a day are bet on "whisper numbers" and overheard lunchtime chatter. (International Herald Tribune)
Round and round Jul 4, 2008
Psychedelia, rather than folk music, was Alton Kelley's stock in trade. Based in San Francisco in the 1960s, he designed album covers and posters reflecting the acid-drenched culture of the time. (BBC News -- UK)
Secaucus inkLocal man talks tattoos Jul 4, 2008
"There are certain designs that are our stock in trade," he said. "Every tattoo artist will have to do their share of praying hands, black panthers, butterflies, roses. Whatever's trendy at the moment. Right now, a lot of women want to get a Rosary around the ankle like Nicole Richie. Those are the ones that people usually want to cover up or get removed [later].". (Hoboken Reporter, NJ)
Peru Trial Sensation: President Versus Spymaster Jun 30, 2008
Secrets were his stock in trade. He paid off his opponents, or used information from his spy network to bend them to his will. (CBS News -- World)
Akufo-Addo's Wahala Jun 27, 2008
That is their stock in trade. Looting is their trademark. (Ghana Web, Ghana)
Cycle Source gets new lease on life Jun 22, 2008
The company's stock in trade is the ability to produce and sell brand-named bicycles, including Smith and Wesson, sold primarily to police and emergency service departments worldwide, and other brands like Kawasaki, NASCAR, Ford, even beverage companies such as Coors, Dr. Pepper and Rolling Rock. The bikes, used in promotions, give-aways, employee incentive programs and other marketing strategies, are shipped from Ames to hundreds of online customers and/or bicycle field sales representatives,... (Ames Daily Tribune, IA)
Editor's mailbag (June 11) Jun 18, 2008
Bill wrote on Jun 17, 2008 3:35 PM:" For instance, when you whined about homeless people depositing grocery carts in your yard, I suggested we might have a pity party for you and you moaned on about how mean that was. But, it's true--you are one of the biggest whiners on here, although insults are what are your real stock in trade. ". uplandbirdz wrote on Jun 17, 2008 7:27 PM:" Lyman, good one. Way to go for the jugular. Yep BF, you made a statement, tried to call it fact, and I asked for some... (Albany Democrat-Herald, OR)
Chief wants bribery allegation against Minister probed Jun 10, 2008
Nana Okoto Kofi asserted further that, "It has now been established that the abortive inauguration of the District, last February 29, was at the instance of the activities of those whose stock in trade now is to resort to bribery and corrupt practices to achieve their goals. "We the chiefs, and the opinion leaders of Nkonya were shocked to hear and read the accounts of the Minister, that some chiefs from Worawora, the very people who were against the siting of the District capital at Nkonya... (Ghana Web, Ghana)
Museum's bold design vibrantly blends old, new Jun 9, 2008
Everything is painted a neutral white, washing out the blunt lines and bold forms that are Libeskind's stock in trade. It also deflates the intensity of the symbolism that supposedly infuses the design. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Letters to the Editor (June 3) Jun 8, 2008
Arielifan wrote on Jun 4, 2008 7:27 PM:" And you, CarpeDM, are ignorant of facts. Oh well, denial is your stock in trade. You obviously don't realize that the people that have jobs still need to get to work, despite $4+ gas, the unemployment statistics don't count those people who no longer receive unemployment checks, even though they are still unemployed. Inflation still low? Its only doubled from last year. Fewer jobs, for people entering the work force. Bush government supported outsourcing... (Corvallis Gazette Times, OR)
And the winner is ... the Israel lobby Jun 3, 2008
Such star power wattage, a Washington version of the Oscars, is the stock in trade of AIPAC - the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, the crucial player in what is generally known as the Israel lobby and which holds its annual Policy Conference this. week in Washington at which most of the heavyweights will deliver lectures. (Asia Times Online)
How Scottish & Southern has maintained its spark May 30, 2008
A series of put options on the FTSE 250 made from last June acted as an insurance policy against tumbling second-liners, Caledonia s stock in trade. Caledonia is confident of finding new unquoted investments. (Times Online)
The finale word on the TV season May 23, 2008
Granted, hyperbole and an insanely inflated sense of self-importance are Idol's stock in trade. Still, must the show continually turn its last broadcast into some grotesque combination of Miss America, the Oscars and Armageddon, all filtered through The Brady Bunch Hour. (USA Today -- Life)
Archuleta could ride teen wave to Idol title May 17, 2008
Of course, none of those acts tend to favor the sort of aggressively middle-of-the-road adult-contemporary ballads that Little David has made his stock in trade on "Idol." But there are two things to consider before dismissing him. Defied the doctors, can defy the criticsThe first is his malleability. (MSNBC -- News)
Critics' Picks May 17, 2008
Shady behavior and half-truths are stock in trade for men on the down low, or, as white folks call them, closeted gay men. It's no surprise, therefore, that former MTV production coordinator Terrance Dean's written-in-a-week and trashy-trashy-trashy memoir, "Hiding in Hip-Hop," comes tantalizingly close to outing the gays of color he has known (mostly biblically) in the entertainment industry, but without naming names. (Salon)
Random Events May 8, 2008
Or will they have only the resentments that have been whipped up by the likes of Jeremiah Wright or the sense of entitlement from the government that has been Barack Obama's stock in trade. In the real world, a sense of grievance or entitlement, as a result of the mistreatment of your ancestors, is not likely to get you very far with people who are too busy dealing with current economic realities to spend much time thinking about their own ancestors, much less other people's ancestors. (Townhall.com)
Alans damage is irreparable May 5, 2008
The NPP in character and form has consistently demonstrated that violence is its stock in trade, though it is quick to deny its penchance for achieving its end through manipulative force ... As is characteristic of the Akufo-Addo led NPP, they ran to the media with distorted statements intended to portray the NDC rather as violent whereas the reverse is true (It is not surprising because they are crafty at fact twisting, for it is their stock in trade). (Ghana Web, Ghana)
Editoral: It’s the carping that gets you May 3, 2008
You don't provide relevant arguments, just insults, which are your stock in trade ... You don't provide relevant arguments, just insults, which are your stock in trade ... You don't provide relevant arguments, just insults, which are your stock in trade. (Albany Democrat-Herald, OR)
Farewell muses, stars and lonely pandas May 2, 2008
Horror films were also the stock in trade of actress. Born in Sutton Coldfield she aspired to go into comedy but found herself cast in a string of low budget shockers throughout the 1950s. (BBC News -- UK)
Subway's Diabolical "Five-Dollar Foot-Long" Ad Apr 22, 2008
Foot-longs were once Subway's "stock in trade," according to Chief Marketing Officer Tony Pace, but in recent years the smaller 6-inch subs have overtaken them in popularity. (The 6-inchers are often sold as part of a package dealincluding a drink and a snackdesigned to compete with other fast food outlets' value meals. (Slate)
Reps begin probe of oil sector, write NNPC, DPR Apr 21, 2008
The motion noted that the lawmakers were disturbed by the nauseating level of waste in the NNPC, "as its operations have been completely hijacked by a cartel and syndicate, whose stock in trade in the industry is to service their selfish interest and the enthronement of all kinds of corrupt practices oozing from the place, e.g. importation of adulterated fuel, exportation of low pour fuel oil (LPFO) and its attendant consequences on the economy, skewed oil blocks allocation, lack of due... (Guardian News, Nigeria)
PPC Fraud Fighters: Yahoo and Click Forensics Partner Up Apr 11, 2008
Among the speakers were Google's Shuman Ghosemajumder, business product manager for trust and safety, Yahoo's "click fraud czar" Reggie Davis, vice president, marketplace quality, and their most prominent nemesis, Tom Cuthbert, CEO of Click Forensics, whose stock in trade has been convincing Internet advertisers of the perils of click fraud on search engines such as Google and Yahoo. Related Articles. (SmallBusinessComputing)
LoJack "Get It Back" Apr 10, 2008
But I would think people whose stock in trade is cr. Community. (AdWeek)
Behrendt has a lot of fun with just the truth Apr 9, 2008
Observation and truth-telling: a comedian's stock in trade. "I knew I was onto something, because I was ... with a group of women, all of whom were very surprised. And I was very surprised at their arguments -- 'You know, Greg, he could be really busy.' And I'd say well, that's a possibility, but I would really look at the idea that if I was really busy and I liked you, I'd still find some way to reach out to you and let you know that I wasn't avoiding you. "But I just assumed it was the women I... (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
Carrick High's 'Forum' captures musical's fun Apr 8, 2008
The Naths were not leads, just part of Lycus' dancing and decorative stock in trade, but they typified the pleasure with which the Carrick students tackled the 1963 musical comedy, with its story by old pros Burt Shevelove and Larry Gelbart and music and lyrics by then-young pro Stephen Sondheim. Actually, the pros involved are much older than that, since "Forum" was patched together out of the works of the Roman dramatist Plautus, who perfected many of the comic plots and gags that are the... (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
Story tools presented by Apr 6, 2008
Scott's stock in trade are very wearable and popular contemporary separates like colour-blocked skirts and wittily appliqued tops. But the camo-print gown is a teaser that suggests she has more up her sleeve for [FAT], a Marie Antoinette in fatigues (at the Rage and Distill Gallery, amiescott. (National Post)
Debunking NPPs Lies About The Economy Apr 3, 2008
Feature Article of Thursday, 3 April 2008. Feature Article of Thursday, 3 April 2008. (Ghana Web, Ghana)
2008 Honda Accord coupe Apr 3, 2008
And Accord's stock in trade has always been that it's the sportiest of family cars, with strong cornering and handling attributes. For that reason, if having a family doesn't mean giving up your driving gloves, Accord is one of your best choices, along with Chevy's Malibu and Nissan's Altima. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
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)
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)
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)
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)
