and don't land late, we've stretched the day out long enough and maintenance needs the jets back on time." OK, simple sortie (actually a "
yawner"): fight-tank-fight and get the F-16s back on time.
Artic blunders
Dubbed French version is Gaul's fifth-largest opener ever, but the $80 million pricetag will prove a huge obstacle given a likely
yawner Yank bow in its English-language version Jan.
Arthur and the Invisibles
The following day I was speaking to some advertising agency folks about my goals for the brands I lead and likewise mentioned that "awareness is a big
yawner for me." The reaction was far different.
I'm aware of that
"Hey you!" the drunk Legionnaire snaps, pointing to the
yawner, "What did I just say?
Boys state ... of confusion
But that's the kind of cliched
yawner non-specific pap that fills most resumes.
The four questions to ask about your organization
Aviation is out, or at least, a
yawner, for reinsurance underwriters.
Peering over the precipice: from a valley of near death, reinsurers have clawed their way to another cycle summit. What happens next?
Needless to say, the leading idea, that introspection coupled with aggressive preoccupation could lead anywhere, was what made the decade such a
yawner. But there were times within the period which produced brilliant laughs as if they were made to order.
Zephyrus Image and Edward Dorn
From this perspective, the truth about new economies becomes a bit of a
yawner. It's all fairly antiseptic, a matter of technology shifting a bunch of cost curves.
The new economy (Pre)Dux; or, what history teaches us about the wired world
With those deals totaling less than $200 million, versus $1.2 billion in daily sales all last year, the period was "kind of a
yawner," said Owen Van Essen, president of the Santa Fe, N.M.-based Dirks, Van Essen & Murray, which handled most of those deals.
Newspaper M&A
(37.) Gordon Gibson, "Canada's free ride ended September 11," National Post, 29 September 2001; Christie Blatchford, "Tepid speech, tepid nation: Chretien's
yawner illustrates how soft country has grown," National Post, 25 September 2001; "Our invisible government." Editorial, National Post, 15 September 2001.
Racism and the North American media following 11 September: the Canadian setting
XML, for example, is all well and good, but for the vast majority of the academic community, the topic is a real
yawner.
The Tangled Scholarly Publishing Mess
In contrast, it also carries the weightly, $83 World Factbook put out by the CIA or The Congressional Picture Directory for $11; A Consumer's Guide to Intelligence goes for $6, and a
yawner, Global Forum on Fighting Corruption, is $27.
Offbeat shopping
bullet at 2,660 fps is a real
yawner, but it has a wonderful reputation as a game taker with modern bullets.
7mm & .30: Stars Of The Show
"Unfortunately for most of the newspaper companies, these solid numbers have sort of been a
yawner." Stock prices have languished, with only six companies recording 52-week highs this year and the majority having seen share prices steadily erode since last summer.
ANALYSTS WARN YEAR MAY HOLD UNWANTED SURPRISES Newsprint costs inching up; next earnings reports face tough '99 comparisons
By most accounts, the 1996 presidential election was a
yawner. On this conventional view, President Clinton had the early edge because his opponent, the former Senate majority leader Bob Dole, was an uninspiring candidate.
The Clinton Reelection Machine: Placing the Party Organization in Peril