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)
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)
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)
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)
