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  • David Eckstein blooped a leadoff single and scored from first on a double to right-center by Wilson, who began his career with the Mets in 1998 and is the stepson of former New York outfielder Mookie Wilson. Weaver, Pujols lead Cardinals to verge of pennant
  • Somehow he managed to compose himself sufficiently to doff his hat to her and to say most civilly, `My lady, how nice to see you. NOBLE BEGINNNINGS
  • Based on blog and comment reactions I've seen, some readers find that element really shocking, and at that point either doff their hat in my direction for how I handled it, or get really angry, either at the story or directly at me. An Interview with Mike Allen
  • He used a "set of prison bars for the name Bernie Madoff" in his example for "brachygraphy" in the semifinals and later made a reference to the "The Jeffersons," a TV sitcom that went off the air some 10 years before the oldest of the spellers was born. Pa. girl wins Bee with 'cymotrichous'
  • Also, Mousavi has written a letter (in Farsi) to the Iranian security council saying that personnel from the Ahmadinejad-loyalist Basij militia are doffing their uniforms and attacking innocent people in the streets. Iran Election Live-Blogging (Wednesday June 17)
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  • Ms. Crupi, 49, who joined the company in 1983 as a keypunch operator, had primary responsibility for a bank account that allegedly served as the main Ponzi scheme fund Mr. Madoff ' s firms used to receive investors ' money and pay redemptions. Two Ex-Madoff Employees Face Criminal Charges
  • Bernie Madoff got caught running what he called a hedge fund; thousands of uber-financiers are making off with billions running an even larger ponzi scheme that is perfectly legal. Leo W. Gerard: Q&A With Responsible Pension Investment Expert Thomas Croft
  • Maury doffed his fedora and ran a hand through his scarecrow hair and told me that he had lived in terror as a boy because his father was a drunk.
  • A liveried flunkey doffed his cap and drove the Peugeot away while others dutifully hauled luggage about.
  • A fabulous bounty from the Bernard Madoff charitable foundation included a stunning WMD intelligence dossier advance 'downpayment'. TheSpoof.com : Spoof News : Front Page
  • zone_info": "huffpost. business/blog; business = 1; daily-brief = 1; featured-posts = 1; nickname = laurence-leamer; entry_id = 153325; bernard-madoff = 1; charity = 1; christian = 1; christmas = 1; faith = 1; friendship = 1; hanakah = 1; happiness = 1; holiday-season-commentary = 1; jewish = 1; laurence-leamer = 1; wealth = 1", Laurence Leamer: A Wealthy Man
  • The conflict between Bragg and the lawmen is one of iron wills, and all the actors involved have more than enough chops to involve an audience deep enough into their macho standoff. “Appaloosa” as nostalgic as they wanna be » Scene-Stealers
  • QUEENS, N.Y. - A Queens, N.Y., man has won $1,500 in the lottery, thanks to Bernie Madoff's prison number -- 61727-054. KXAN TV
  • As if on cue, Montag doffed a sarong and unveiling a bedazzled bikini from her swimsuit line as her song "Body Language" was played overhead. Latest News - Yahoo!7 News
  • Without that, the SEC's tough talk won't stop more Madoff flim flams. Earl Ofari Hutchinson: SEC's Tough Talk Won't Stop Madoff Flim Flams
  • Okay, so she was sort of uptight and standoffish, but I didn't think much about it.
  • Leadoff man Fernando Vina ricocheted a single off first base.
  • I'm not sure if the television folks picked this up or not, but all three of Harris's big runs came off of the same inside handoff from the shotgun formation. QB Logan Thomas gets his moment, and delivers
  • zone_info": "huffpost. business/blog; business = 1; featured-posts = 1; nickname = marc-morgenstern; entry_id = 157686; @ybusiness = 1; @ypolitics = 1; bernard-madoff = 1; bernie-madoff = 1; economic-reform = 1; economy = 1; enron = 1; politics = 1; regulations = 1; rules = 1; securities-and-exchange-commission = 1", Marc Morgenstern: Legislation Won't Prevent The Next Madoff: SEC Needs Talent, Technology & Collaboration (Not New Laws)
  • Hatch meanwhile reverently doffed his salet and knelt down. The Black Arrow
  • In one he'd questioned the word "essential" in "The Essential Kenny Loggins" greatest-hits album; in the other, he riffed that Bernard Madoff's lawyers were having a hard time unloading an apartment shaped like a pyramid. Earning a Living One Laugh at a Time
  • Davidoff Cool Water will be continuing its support of free-sports over the next few years, through sponsorship funds and prize purses.
  • A huge amount of work has gone on behind the scenes, to which we ought to doff our hat, whether it be a topper, a fascinator or a baseball cap.
  • Equally important, a peace settlement with Washington is needed to defuse the military standoff at the 38th parallel, where a conflict could explode at any time, bringing detente to a halt.
  • Characters do double duty with the doffing of a hat. Regina Weinreich: Classical Theatre of Harlem's Henry V: I Love It When You Speak French
  • NEW MEANINGS analyst gate mu-meson bob immune, adj. muonon, butter pat laggard suffix delocalize, v. lagger paging derrick, v. meson plasma digger microelectrode poach, v. fat receptor reduplicate, gravisphere ductibility v. moonfall electrohydraulic spinner parakite standoff resistojet fluidonics station BLENDS (2) fluoridizer zone gayola incapacitator VARIANT FORM plench Mosleyite tabbouli BOUND-MORPHEME mysterium FUNCTIONAL ITEMS (7) oceanologic, VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol XV No 1
  • So park your Fiat 500 in the driveway of your Mid-Century modern rancher, doff your bouclé suit and prim pumps, and settle back in your Eames couch: In one sense, 'Mad Men' is always on these days. Fashion Highlights From 2011
  • He doffed his hat to her as she passed in her carriage.
  • Having stated this position, Jackendoff immediately points to two cases where syntax and semantics fail to match up; one concerns the grammatical relation of clausal subject, the other the lexical category of noun.
  • With the contest tied, 4-4, Nevin ignited a four-run rally in the sixth with a leadoff double off Kevin Tapani (8-11) and scored the go-ahead run on Mike Darr's RBI single to shallow left. National League Baseball - Padres vs. Cubs
  • The only winner in this standoff in the end will be Vlad. The Sun
  • A huge amount of work has gone on behind the scenes, to which we ought to doff our hat, whether it be a topper, a fascinator or a baseball cap.
  • Take away the power to waiver; force them to follow the law. similarly bernanke had the ability to choke the exotic mortgages but failed to regulate. madoff was exposed but nothing happened. etc. Matthew Yglesias » Regulating Leverage is More Important than Regulating Bubbles
  • In speaking to them, however, they always used the most abject language, and the most humble tone and posture – "Please your honour, – and please your honour's honour," they knew must be repeated as a charm at the beginning and end of every equivocating, exculpatory, or supplicatory sentence – and they were much more alert in doffing their caps to these new men, than to those of what they call good old families. Castle Rackrent: An Hibernian Tale
  • US authorities have placed allegedly fraudulent Wall Street investment manager Bernard Madoff under house arrest and required him to wear a trackable electronic tag.
  • cash flow andfinancial security andfive-year retirement plan andfree time andlack of borrowing power andloan difficulty andloss of company benefits andmoney management andoffice space andtime management andself-talk, negative Nothing Down for the 2000s
  • But it was not until August 6, when Britain's International Television News (ITN) broadcast the first television pictures from the camps, that President Bush found himself forced to defend his "standoffish" policy toward the former Yugoslavia. America and the Bosnia Genocide
  • I doffed my chef's toque and researched recipes for white carrots that paired the unusual root with other crops we are harvesting now, like chervil.
  • He also had 240 hits and became the first leadoff hitter ever to drive in 100 runs.
  • Gandoff stopped the motorcycle and kicked down the kickstand.
  • Bernie Madoff the goniff stole $50 Billion in the biggest Ponzi scheme ever, and I'm about to be taken to the American Express Abu Gahreb. WN.com - Articles related to Push for Europe-Wide Oversight of Credit Raters
  • A show by the Saskatchewan abstract painter William Perehudoff currently at the tiny Poussin Gallery in deep southeast London; the incongruous, and oddly soothing, sound of Leslie Feist's new single being played at a dinner party on a recent holiday in France; the British press hailing Ryan Gosling as "the thinking woman's crumpet" - a title previously held by Michael Ignatieff. The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed
  • U.S. District Judge Denny Chin cited the unprecedented nature of the multibillion-dollar fraud as he sentenced Madoff to the maximum of 150 years in prison, a term comparable only to those given in the past to terrorists, traitors and the most violent criminals. The News Tribune - Tacoma - - HOMEPAGE
  • Did anyone see the shortlist of sports the PRC athletes are participating in: 1. The 1000 RMB guanxi handoff 2. The Uigur/Tibetean target sharpshooting competition 3. The reverse engineer and copy steal. China Boycotts Opening Ceremony at Which Ma Appears as Prez
  • But Archaeopteryx was very likely capable of powered fligh sic judging from its relatively massive furcula and the asymmetric rachis of its primary flight feathers Feduccia and Tordoff 1979; Olson and Feduccia 1979. Experts in creationism trials -- Shallit be? - The Panda's Thumb
  • While Commissioner Paul Tagliabue was an attorney by trade, he doffed his barrister modus operandi for that of partial, but reasoned, advocate. Michael Huyghue: NFL Labor Dispute: First Thing We Do Is Get Rid of All the Lawyers
  • A cat, for instance, is much more dexterous with its paws than a dog. This dexterity fascinates cat lovers, who also cite the cat's legendary standoffishness as proof of its mental superiority.
  • Day 85 : Two guys are equally strong. The fight ended a standoff.
  • The song doffs its hat to the best soul traditions.
  • The Jayhawks made it 27-3 just before halftime when McAnderson took a handoff, looked as if he was going to throw back to Meier and then ran it in untouched from the 4. USATODAY.com - College Football - Kansas vs. Iowa St.
  • Today the Senate Democratic leader told me the White House seems to be waffling when it comes to the North Korea standoff.
  • Fortunately for the team, second base and left field are positions where leadoff hitters can be found, making the task a little easier.
  • cash flow andfinancial security andfive-year retirement plan andfree time andlack of borrowing power andloan difficulty andloss of company benefits andmoney management andoffice space andtime management andself-talk, negative Nothing Down for the 2000s
  • Rather than suffer privately, Mrs Sadoff decided to take political action.
  • “And I’m not going to be like ‘I don’t like Kate… But, I mean, she’s pretty, you know, standoffish, which is kind of weird.” Shannen Doherty Mark Ballas First Couple Voted Off “Dancing With The Stars”
  • What do you call a guy with lightning quickness who catches passes, takes handoffs, throws the ball, returns punts and is more elusive than Barry Sanders?
  • The key would be retiring Robinson, the leadoff batter in the inning.
  • The political opposition has also criticized the government for putting Jamaica into what it calls a standoff over Coke, who is known for his loyalty to the Jamaica Labor Party. The Shad Plank
  • The film, which stars Ben Stiller and Eddie Murphy as thieves targeting a Bernie Madoff-like embezzler, performed on the lower end of Universal's expectations, which the studio's President of Distribution Nikki Rocco attributed to the "general malaise" in the movie-going marketplace. 'Puss' Keeps Box-Office Lead
  • That is to say, Jackendoff attempts to map on to the concept of Universal Grammar findings in psycholinguistics regarding language processing and memory, and even goes so far to show how the UG may have evolved. X is for X-bar Theory « An A-Z of ELT
  • But if Mr. Trichet got encouragement on the Greek front at the summit, he will have been dismayed at the bad-tempered standoff between the new Irish government and its creditors. EU States Duck Financing Challenge
  • At nightfall, protesters demanded the withdrawal of troops at the prime minister's office, known as Government House, where a tense standoff subsided when protesters agreed to leave for the night. Bangkok Protesters Force Army to Pull Back
  • Over lunch one of the men that was sitting at the table began to talk about Bernie Maddoff and how he has a \ "big one\" coming to him. Hillary Rubin: What Do You Hold On to for Security?
  • A police officer's activity of donning and doffing protective equipment constitutes an integral and indispensable part of officer's principal activities; it is not preliminary or postliminary within meaning of Portal-to-Portal Act, as required to support officer's claim for compensation for such activity. Wage Law
  • Ricky's, a year-round accessories retailer that turns its shops into annual Halloween bazaars, has ordered hundreds of ready-to-wear Madoff outfits.
  • The industry hopes the result will pave the way for an end to the standoff. Times, Sunday Times
  • When a standoff between ATF agents and Five Points quickly devolves into a violent cataclysm explicitly recalling the 1993 fiasco at the Branch Davidian compound in Waco, Texas, Smith critiques the horrors of an overreaching, inhumane government that cares more about avoiding bad press than the lives of innocents trapped inside the compound. Cathleen Falsani: Kevin Smith's 'Red State': Masterful, Spiritually Powerful
  • Of course, doffing my hobnailed leather brogues for a bit of fresh air in the middle of the aerodrome probably didn't endear me to the locals.
  • I have not been very reliable with meme's in recent months....almost to the point of being rude and 'standoffish'. 7 Things You Don't Need to Know About Me
  • The party faithful admired him, like tenants doffing hats to their feudal lord, but I am very confident that no one else ever found his words persuasive. Stromata Blog:
  • She waved her alpenstock, and as he doffed his cap, rounded the brink and disappeared. CHAPTER 4
  • By comparison, the Miami series suffers from hambone David Caruso's showboating - the shameless way he slips into action hero poses, doffing his sunglasses to brush aside a pesky forelock when jumping from a car.
  • Jose Offerman chased starter Mark Mulder with a leadoff triple before John Valentin greeted Jim Mecir with an RBI single to center. American League Baseball - Athletics vs. Red Sox
  • He had long since doffed his knit shirt, having worked up a sweat with all his chores.
  • Real estate investor Mort Zuckerman tells the CNBC TV network that about 10 percent of one of his charitable trusts was invested with Madoff and had lost about $30 million.
  • But he did want to bring them into the White House so that he could personally thank them for what he calls heroism during that 11-day standoff with China. CNN Transcript May 18, 2001
  • Initially Madoff would rely on a "macher," the Yiddish term for a big shot, who would go to the country club and "brag, 'I've got my money invested with Madoff and he's doing really well,'" the Journal wrote. The Economic Times
  • After a lengthy political standoff, Wisconsin state Senate Republicans used a bit of legislative fancywork to pass a bill this evening that effectively strips public-sector unions of the right to collectively bargain. The political dangers of what happened in Wisconsin
  • The Bengals will play things conservatively at first as Palmer gets a feel for the NFL, and that means quick throws to playmaking wideouts Chad Johnson and Peter Warrick and lots of handoffs to Rudi Johnson.
  • He has had problem holding on to the ball, taking handoffs, pass blocking and running routes.
  • Men do not doff their hats in the down-town elevators which brought her up to the big office where she was employed, a great room near the top of one of the high down-town buildings; the windows looked out on the river, now a white mass of down-flowing ice, through which the calling steamers worked their way laboriously towards the harbour, to the Statue of Liberty standing beside what now looked a white gravel path of entry to the city. Impressions of a War Correspondent
  • Harry discusses the SECs failure, goes after the SEC for what he terms their incompetence, how he, his family and his teams lives were threatened, the fact that Bernie Madoff was a mob boss, Greenspans failure as Fed Chairman, he knew Madoff was a fraud, criminal banking syndicates, how ruthless Madoff was, the devastation and heartbreak in the wake of the fraud and much more. WN.com - Financial News
  • The Soviets encouraged the settling of Siberia's vast spaces to develop mineral resources, to urbanize and "Sovietize" the tribes, and to establish a presence during the Cold War standoff with the Western NATO alliance. Kansas City Star: Front Page
  • If a judge sentenced Bernad Madoff to have his hands cut off, and this punishment applied to all ponzi schemes, insurance frauds, insider traders, naked short sellers, and any other white collar criminals, well I think a lot of prospectuses ande company stat sheets would instantly change to reflect actual profits and losses. Brian Dugan Sentenced to Death Row for 1983 Murder of Jeanine Nicarico | Should Moratorium on Death Penalty Be Lifted?
  • Standoff Jamming (SOJ) is a common measure of Electronic Warfare Support in modern combat.
  • Super advertising shield and attached a crucial handoff IE kernel function.
  • Holly steals the first act, quickly doffing her wedding dress into a comely miniskirt. James Scarborough: Summer of Love, Musical Theatre West
  • What to watch now: How the new House Speaker handles a trio of defining challenges: The short term standoff over funding the government; the looming budget wars; and pressure from the Tea Party base to extract major "concessions" in exchange for raising the federal debt ceiling. The Morning Plum
  • Caught in the vamp-vs.-werewolf standoff between the Salvatore bros and the vengeful Jules with hunky new Brady as her hench-wolf, poor Caroline is shot in the head, trapped in a cage and repeatedly shot, sprayed and tortured by Caleb until novice were-teen Tyler is delivered. Matt's TV Week in Review
  • Mr. Becker's involvement potentially influenced whether investors who got money out of the Madoff operation before it was exposed could be shielded from so-called "clawback" lawsuits brought by those liquidating the Madoff estate. The SEC's Ethics
  • The Angels haven't had a productive leadoff hitter since Tony Phillips in 1997.
  • The items include Madoff's black velveteen slippers, embroidered in gold with "BLM," a Steinway piano and his wife Ruth's 10. 5-carat diamond ring. Madoff's Personal Items To Be Auctioned
  • If Cadillac had gotten that handoff, he probably would have scored, but he would have left Allen without another piece of equipment - his jock.
  • They are potentially better long-term investments because they are less likely to get caught out, but will be able to capitalize on the those that do, capturing market share, talent, etc. when the ill-behaved are outed (AIG, GM, Madoff, etc.). The new green
  • Even though this unit and their families have another, longer-term sendoff coming, some of the family members say it's important to be there every chance they have to say goodbye. WBAY Action 2 News
  • Prosecutors added that Mrs. Ruth Madoff, while not a party to the proceeding, cannot be trusted to enforce not to unilaterally "dissipate" the assets. ABC News: ABCNews
  • As Dilys had said, there was a standoffish air about her which might possibly mask shyness. THE GOSPEL MAKERS
  • An auction of Madoff family belongings held at New York's Sheraton Hotel and Towers in November arguably displayed Americans' fascination with the abyss--but the rubbernecker-bidders were also doing some good. Marian Salzman: Reinvention, Part II
  • As he passed the representatives of the university, they doffed their mortar boards.
  • The legal standoff is another twist in the case that has riveted the United States.
  • An executive summary of the report, released on Wednesday, repeatedly emphasized what it described as the inexperience, confusion and limited expertise of staff assigned to at least six investigations involving Madoff since 1992. Ex-SEC Lawyer: Madoff Report Misses Point
  • He was spoiling for a fight that was 15 years in the future and probably never to happen — by the time prom dates start showing up, so much has taken place between father and daughter that the handoff, while charged, is more an enactment of an emotion than an experience of it — so the next thing you know, he pulls onto his street, comes across the photographer, and punches his lights out. The Passion of Alec Baldwin
  • The Demidoff's galago is found throughout the forests of central and western Africa.
  • A liveried flunkey doffed his cap and drove the Peugeot away while others dutifully hauled luggage about.
  • At the same time he lacked the pompousness and standoffish attitude which is the way of some foreign correspondents.
  • Madoff became known as the orchestrator of a massive, long-running scheme than included thousands of investors who had entrusted their life savings to him. Crain's Cleveland Business - News Feeds
  • Eddie Panlilio finally bid farewell to priesthood and his clerical ministries as he filed his certificate of candidacy Asian Games-bound Filipino athletes a passionate three-word sendoff storms that left over 1,100 people dead and 1.7 million AFTER rocketing into position as a strong third player in the TV industry, WN.com - Articles related to Arroyo for Congress is a comedy, tragedy -- Bro. Eddie
  • But outside the battered congress building few passersby look twice at yet another standoff between demonstrators and riot police.
  • Barber said that losing three fumbles in a game of that magnitude and nearly botching a handoff exchange with Collins in overtime no doubt will stick with him despite the celebratory feeling in the locker room.
  • Dr. Ewing take from Dr. Wardoff the flowers he hath brought unto her and cover her pinkiness of face in their blossoms of fragrance. Seven Maids of Far Cathay
  • CAMBODIAN and Thai officials began a fresh round of border talks Monday in Siem Reap, with Cambodian delegates saying that a "big step" had been made in hammering out an agenda to resolve the standoff over contested land that erupted in violence last month, killing four. KI Media
  • Cincinnati Reds shortstop Barry Larkin batted leadoff for the NL and got the first whiff of Martinez's mastery, but he came through on his next at-bat by driving in Burnitz with a third-inning single off the New York Yankees 'David Cone. NL players relish Fenway feeling
  • He doffed his stupid ideas and joined our side.
  • A boatload of refugees rescued from their sinking vessel at sea has finally been allowed to land, after a two week standoff.
  • In the meantime HMS Cockchafer sat at Wanhsien in an uneasy standoff with the overwhelming Chinese troops.
  • He always admitted his deep indebtedness to Vinogradoff and the methods of research inculcated by him.
  • He doffed his fur cap, the flaps of which were flying, shook hands with her, and turned toward Mabel. THE FAITH OF MEN
  • Young men in baseball caps and trainers are offered lessons in the wearing of trilbies and fedoras, and many people volunteer for ‘hat doffing’ classes, led by the splendidly monikered, and splendidly bearded, Torquil Arbuthnot.
  • If I was a compact little person and did not fear knocking over coffee mugs with my pendulous boobs, I might enjoy doffing my clothing while going about my day. Good Girls (Don’t) Wear Underpants | Her Bad Mother
  • The guns, arranged in the manner of a Mexican standoff, can be disassembled into exquisite, jewel-like constituent parts.
  • According to JK Rowling in her Harry Potter book series, the Battle of Hogwarts ended on this day with the standoff between Harry Potter and the evil archmage, Voldemort. Five Things That Happened on May 2nd | myFiveBest
  • In reliability, consistency, durability and longevity, Smith is the envy of anybody who ever took a handoff.
  • One of the presumed drawbacks for leadoff hitters is the lack of RBI opportunities they get hitting with no one on base in the first inning and (in the NL) hitting behind the pitcher most of the rest of the time. Leadoff hitters can carry extra value for fantasy teams
  • The vote came a week after Ms. Schapiro vowed in her confirmation hearing to "reinvigorate" the agency's enforcement division, under fire for failing to detect the Bernard Madoff Senate Confirms Schapiro
  • standoffish and antisocial
  • To keep the drums from becoming overpowering onstage and in the mix, they were muted with a set of SoundOff drum set silencers.
  • But Archaeopteryx was very likely capable of powered fligh sic judging from its relatively massive furcula and the asymmetric rachis of its primary flight feathers Feduccia and Tordoff 1979; Olson and Feduccia 1979. Experts in creationism trials -- Shallit be? - The Panda's Thumb
  • (Neil Gaiman reports on his blog that he is going to buy a cap just so he can doff it to Pratchett.) 2 comments | Leave a comment Sir Pratchett of Discworld
  • Madoff now occupies a jail cell , the size of a walk - in closet.
  • It can be fired as a long-range standoff missile, or its all-aspect passive radar homing seeker can be used to detect and attack targets of opportunity.
  • Ortiz misplayed Bernie's leadoff grounder for an error and then Miguel Cairo, in for Enrique Wilson, moved Williams over.
  • And anyone who says that she is standoffish, too serious and close-mouthed most likely has seen her only in performance when she's got one thing alone on her mind: if I'm going to do it, I'm going to give it my all.
  • He was given a short tour of the premises by group chairman Jack Tordoff and his son John, the chief executive.
  • She had been wearing a full length black western style duster when she entered but she had doffed it with considerable flair, like a magician unveiling a clever trick, and hung it on the rack next to the door.
  • The Giants have brought in outfielder Reggie Sanders, leadoff hitter Tsuyoshi Shinjo and third baseman USATODAY.com - When you watch Bonds, celebrate Aaron
  • 50 years ago: Columnist John Blunt asked if readers' gas or electricity meter reader doffed his hat politely when he called.
  • There stood Mr. Pike, his sou'wester doffed, his oilskins streaming rivulets to the floor, while he, dividers and parallel rulers in hand, bent over the chart. CHAPTER XXXVIII
  • _Do on_, put on; often shortened into "don"; cf. doff, which is shortened from do off. The Story of Sigurd the Volsung
  • He doffed his cap, smiling, showing off the bald head of the league's oldest closer. Rivera Makes His Closing Argument
  • Capital Market Policing • Great Accidents: - LTCM (12 years ago): leverage - Amaranth (5): overbetting - Maddoff (1): security fraud • Small accidents - Market timers - Death spiral Recently Uploaded Slideshows
  • Only now, in the rush of 'modern progress,' is the doffing of the hat taking the place of the 'kowtow' Myths and Legends of China
  • He can doff them and work like a 'navvy' when he sees reason. The Philosophy of the Plays of Shakspere Unfolded
  • There was also the whole etiquette of uncovering your head in the presence of your betters and men doffing their hats to ladies and so forth.
  • He struck out the leadoff batter in the fifth, his eighth victim of nine batters. Globe and Mail
  • We feel that zone handoff is our best play," Grobe said. USATODAY.com
  • Doffing its panama hat to the likes of Graham Greene and Somerset Maugham, poet Shukman's promising first volume of fiction features a cast of expat chancers looking for a second bite of the cherry in sundry banana republics.
  • This one hundred seats restaurant sits on the 6th floor of the building where Gucci, Burberry, Bottega Vneta, Vertu, Zino Davidoff, Canali, Omega...adorn the mall.
  • Somehow he managed to compose himself sufficiently to doff his hat to her and to say most civilly, `My lady, how nice to see you. NOBLE BEGINNNINGS
  • Dynasty"-style standoff between harpyish maternal figures screaming: "He's mine! NYT > Home Page
  • Lately, however, stars have doffed their caps to what we might call 'busker chic'. Times, Sunday Times
  • He will have to adjust to taking handoffs and catching passes instead of taking snaps, and he has no experience as a blocker.
  • When they doff their dress note which is the feather-suit of her whom thou lovest and take it, and it only, for this it is that carrieth her to her country, and when thou hast mastered it, thou hast mastered her. The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night
  • In 1960, the Yankees outhit the Pirates, 91-60, and outscored them, 55-27, but lost Game 7 on a ninth inning, leadoff homer.
  • Lola herself has doffed her shabby robe and is wearing a gaudy dress patterned with large flowers.
  • When we left off, we were talking about his experience heading the hostage negotiation team during the Branch Davidian standoff in 1993. 'Stalling For Time' With An FBI Hostage Negotiator
  • After a standoff, they took Deily into custody and questioned him Wednesday night.
  • The fraught standoff in the Ukraine is less the result of an internal dispute, than of a geopolitical tussle between East and West.
  • After walking the leadoff batter and getting a force-out from the second hitter, Glavine gave up a single, a single, a double, a single, a walk, a single, and then he hit a batter. In the Time of Bobby Cox
  • After taking a handoff deep in the backfield from the quarterback, the tailback picks a hole based on the blocking in front of him.
  • Thus thought Dwining, as, returned from his visit to Sir John Ramorny, he added the gold he had received for his various services to the mass of his treasure; and, having gloated over the whole for a minute or two, turned the key on his concealed treasure house, and walked forth on his visits to his patients, yielding the wall to every man whom he met and bowing and doffing his bonnet to the poorest burgher that owned a petty booth, nay, to the artificers who gained their precarious bread by the labour of their welked hands. The Fair Maid of Perth
  • He struck out the leadoff batter in the fifth, his eighth victim of nine batters. Globe and Mail
  • He was visibly angry as he demanded an end to the standoff. The Sun
  • The standoff has threatened to break apart the country, independent for just 13 years and lying between an expanded EU and its centuries-long master, Russia.
  • Thailand's long-silent Yellow Shirt activists demanded protesters Thursday and an end to "anarchy" in the capital, a day after clashes turned a busy expressway into a television Sunday that he continued to seek a peaceful solution to the country's tense political standoff but that he would not give in to what he called intimidation gas in any fresh clashes with security forces. WN.com - Photown News
  • To label as combative this epic standoff from this morning's show would be to understate the man's pugilistic expertise.
  • What followed was a kind of very tense standoff where gunshots were fired for about five minutes.
  • The boylike of conium had been bistroic, swingy, and its no cinerarium i had the sex burnability of a vinogradoff leptotyphlopidae. Rational Review
  • For his first solo album, he has lovingly crafted 11 homages, all doffing the cap to great soundtrack composers of the past.
  • It's a musical that actually breaks new ground, whilst at the same time doffing its cap respectfully to the older establishment.
  • In this country we prefer our proletarians to doff their caps rather than to assert their fundamental rights.
  • The boards are mounted to the chassis by stacks of threaded board standoffs, each successive layer of which must be removed to reach the layer beneath.
  • Antoine, cheri, that picture looks a little cold to be doffing the frillies. Accessorize to Live, Live to Accessorize: Stuff, and Where to Put It
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  • The veteran right fielder got a fitting sendoff from the home fans in Game 5 as they chanted his name and saluted him with several banners. USATODAY.com - The 2001 World Series from A to Z
  • He may seem a bit standoffish, which is likely just his natural reserved personality. The Unaffiliated Will Decide
  • Because we draw our national leader from Parliament rather than electing him or her directly, Liberals and Tories are doffing their caps to Nick Clegg and David Cameron in the hope of office and sinecures, rather than scrutinising their policies, just as Labour MPs doffed theirs to Blair and Gordon Brown. We need electoral reform, not this Liberal fudge
  • Good morning," he said to bystanders, smiling and doffing his hat. Abraham Lincoln rides to Washington, 150 years later
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  • So he went into the vestiary where the garments were kept and doffing his dress donned a garb which converted him into a Darwaysh. Arabian nights. English
  • This leadership handoff wasn't very smooth. Houston Chronicle
  • Emery called to say that she and William had delayed the christening once more, over a name standoff this time. The Little Lady Agency and the Prince
  • (By comparison, some three-and-half years ago when Katie Couric said goodbye to the Today show, the sendoff was a ratings bonanza for NBC, easily winning the morning, and attracting some 8.4 million total viewers.) Diane Sawyer's Farewell and George Stephanopoulos' Debut on 'Good Morning America Fail to Top NBC's 'Today
  • When will people realise that this is not a day for enjoying themselves, but for sitting with doffed caps around the wireless and marvelling with due reverence at the semi-divine mechanism that allows an anointed prince to lift a commoner to the realms of glory via one simple sacrament? This week: George Osborne, Carole Middleton, Elizabeth Taylor
  • He doffed his hat
  • As part of the ongoing standoff, Iran has threatened to close the narrow passage leading from the Persian Gulf to the Arabian Sea, which is the most important shipping route for oil from the producers in the Gulf to consumers in the West. NewsBlaze.com Current News - Top Stories
  • ‘Good afternoon, sir, nice to see you again,’ the liveried porter smiles and doffs his hat.
  • In this connection also I mention the names of Jim Donohue, traveling engineer; W.H. Smith, trainmaster, and P. Randoff Morris and The Life and Adventures of Nat Love Better Known in the Cattle Country as "Deadwood Dick"
  • Brian's no sooner plopped himself down on the sofa and doffed his designer sunglasses than he starts making trouble by helping himself to the chocolate eclairs that Michael bought especially for his outing with Dr. Dave.
  • I wish Warrick Dunn would have signed with New Orleans in the offseason so he could get handoffs from Aaron Brooks.
  • Since then, the market has grown and attracted larger players after it became clear the trustee liquidating Mr. Madoff's firm, Irving Picard , would be able to disburse at least $10 billion. Madoff Claims Lure Banks
  • His career average in the majors is a decent .266, but if he's going to bat leadoff for a contending team he's going to have to do a better job of getting on base. USATODAY.com - Will Deion Sanders help the Reds?
  • (SACRAMENTO, CA) - Authorities say a standoff in a Sacramento apartment has come to an end, with the suspect being shot dead. KOLO - HomePage - Headlines
  • McGwire turned a nice double play in the first to erase Pat Listach after a leadoff single.
  • So park your Fiat 500 in the driveway of your Mid-Century modern rancher, doff your bouclé suit and prim pumps, and settle back in your Eames sofa with a chilled martini. Fashion's Top 10 Moments
  • Jamie Dimon : JP-Morgan-Chef ist begeistert vom Euro - Unternehmen - Banken + Versicherungen - Handelsblatt.com Jamie Dimon, Bernie Madoff and the public safety - Steve Denning - RETHINK - Forbes SitandStay 0 minute ago 9:38 AM Jamie Dimon, CEO Chase is calling Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac the biggest disasters? The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com
  • Watch for more park-ride lots in '12; first up: Little Canada, Maplewood Standoff at Newport motel ends with arrest of owner, a convicted sex offender N.D. hunter draws safety lesson from close call in Beltrami forest Minnesota woman faces arrest as littering scofflaw in Michigan's U.P. StarTribune.com rss feed
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  • And there was a brief New Romantic period where they doffed the costumes for makeup and mascara.
  • He's studied 16 of them – from the Cuban missile crisis, when the US and Russia were locked in nuclear standoff, to the near-collapse of the hedge fund Long-Term Capital Management in 1998, when a couple of Nobel prize winners with a whizzy computer model almost brought the world financial system down around their ears. We have nothing to fear except fear itself… and nothing to be sure of except uncertainty
  • We have a theory that their journey time down to us is always short because the traffic just parts for them, and people stand and doff caps as they negotiate the tricky route along the A3.

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