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spaghetti bowl

spaghetti bowl  n.— «Second, it will highlight how the North American Free Trade Agreement is helping turn the world economy into a “spaghetti bowl” of discriminatory regional free trade areas which do not sit easily with the...

grocery-getter

grocery-getter  n.— «Entry-level cars must provide reasonable interior and ride comfort, have sufficient power, carry cargo and return good fuel economy. All five of this year’s entries address these needs. I have one quibble: if these are...

vomit comet

vomit comet  n.— «A San Juan travel agent indelicately calls it the “vomit comet”—an allusion, I imagine, to the great number of babes in arms or inexperienced travelers aboard the planes. It was therefore with some misgiving that I...

shotgunning

shotgunning  v.— «Recruiters and overworked personnel administrators advise against blindly sending resumes to companies. They recommend doing your homework to determine what you can offer the company. And find out exactly whom to contact...

hourglass economy

hourglass economy  n.— «Karr points out larger increases in job growth in the high-wage and low-wage ends of the income spectrum. He said CPI has noticed declines in job growth for the middle class for a number of years. “We’ve...

day-boy

day-boy  n.— «Crowds and queues of “day-boys” before and inside the gates of the Free Port, fondly called gateway to Liberia’s economy, braving and struggling under the whips and wallops of security guards, to fend for themselves and their...

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