Advanced Vocabulary List 9

Both Fannie and Freddie also tack on what they call adverse-market fees of one-quarter of 1% to all loans just to get you seated at the table. - latimes.com - News

When I win the lottery, we are going to celebrate with a huge party.

Second, it's marketing's assignment to turn that tune or differentiating idea into what we call a coherent marketing direction. - Marketing 101

During the last homestand, he came through with the go-ahead hit in consecutive games while sounding anything but cocky. - Inside the major leagues: Ernie Harwell honored

Max was detained by the police for more than 3 hours at the airport.

The information they disclose is available to the public and appears often in publications, most prominently The - Why Americans Hate the Media

The nurse asked the patient to disrobe and wait for the doctor in the exam room.

Every word has a specific meaning that will be twisted to distort from the true menaing and intent or to veil it in a shroud of uncertainty. - Obama adviser: Protesters wrong about health-care reform

The police are supposed to be here to enforce the law.

That’s weird, because the similarity between flaunt and flout is phonetic. - Flout good taste; flaunt your excesses « Motivated Grammar

"As soon as we see them start moving towards the east, then they have what we call hostile intent, then we can target them," he said. - Gadhafi Stops Rebels in Battle for Oil Port

A rattlesnake's venom is lethal.

To keep your bicycle going smoothly, you should lubricate all of the moving parts.

Please do not malign Mary. She is a very good person.

Max arrived late to school everyday because instead of walking straight to school he’d first meander through the park hunting insects for his collection.

What Prop K does prohibit is sex trafficking investigations that involve racial profiling. - Proposition K is gaining momentum in San Francisco! You Can Help! « Bound, Not Gagged

Let them, as far as I am concerned, but it may short term provoke more counterreaction. - The Anti-Wedge Document - The Panda's Thumb

According to these proxies, the climatic evolution of East Africa over the past 150 years (‘modern climate†™) is characterized by a drastic dislocation around 1880, when lake levels dropped notably and glaciers started to recede from the latest maximum extent. - Think Progress » Senate Committee Launches Taxpayer-Funded Misinformation Campaign About Gore Movie

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In his current column at Politico, the oh-so-funny Mike Allen asks: Do reporters 'revere' Senator Clinton? - Archive 2007-11-01

The judge said that he would revoke my driver's license if I got another speeding ticket.

His ideas were ridiculed by his colleagues.

You must have incredible stamina to compete in the Tour de France.

Despite what Zachriel may think, subterfuge is not an Olympic event. - After thoughts on Barr