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Concise Oxford Companion to the English Language
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© Concise Oxford Companion to the English Language 1998, originally published by Oxford University Press 1998. (Hide copyright information)
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STOCK. Available for exploitation in acting, speaking, and writing, especially as part of a stock-in-trade of topics, arguments, plots, jokes, expressions, etc. ‘If Agatha Christie works almost entirely with what the critics call “stock responses”, she knows how to take advantage of our responding in a stock way to stock situations’ (
The Times, 20 Sept. 1975). Compare
CLICHÉ.
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Economy Continued On a Roll In 1998; Consumer Prices Rose Just 1.6%
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 1/15/1999; ; 700+ words
; ...know what impact that's going to have on consumers. If the stock market really falters, we could see consumers starting to pull...consumers feel justified in spending because gains in the stock market have increased their savings -- for the time being...
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Attorneys, judge discuss evidence in Nacchio trial
Newspaper article from: Deseret News (Salt Lake City); 1/13/2007; 485 words
; ...Communications International Inc., is charged with 42 counts of insider trading for allegedly selling $101 million worth of stock in 2001 based on inside knowledge that the Denver-based telephone company would be unable to meet revenue targets. Each count...
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Balancing growth, services
Newspaper article from: Oakland Tribune; 1/14/2007; 594 words
; ...development. The growth management program limited the number of new homes in any one year to 3.9 percent of the housing stock at the end of the previous year. In 2006, that meant the city could not grow by more than 860 homes. In actuality, only...
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ICF Kaiser Plans Sale Of a 2nd Main Unit; Firm to Return To Initial Focus
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 3/10/1999; ; 430 words
; ...67 million in reserves so far. Although the company hasn't reported its year-end results for 1998, it has indicated that it expects to report a loss of about $100 million. ICF's stock closed at $1 yesterday, up 6 1/4 cents.
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On the Front Line Of Food Safety
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 3/10/1999; ; 700+ words
; ...Processors Association, where you're more likely to see white lab coats than gray suits, and where the office refrigerator stocks "biohazards" rather than "Bob's lunch." Science and politics intersect here in a modern office building at 1350 I St...
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GLOBAL MARKETS: YESTERDAY'S CLOSES ON MAJOR STOCK EXCHANGES AROUND THE WORLD
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 3/10/1999; 327 words
; COUNTRY INDEX CLOSE CHANGE United States S&P 500 1279.84 -0.23% Canada TSE 300 6488.37 -0.23% Brazil Sao Paulo Bovespa 9484.01 -3.08% Mexico Bolsa 4568.10 2.40% Britain FT-SE 100 6237.70 0.47% Germany DAX Xetra 4790.47 -0.02% Russia Russian Trading System 73.71 1.52% Japan* Nikkei 225 15,265.12
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Union Of RJR, Nabisco Dissolves; Tobacco's Troubles Had Hurt Stock of Camel, Oreo Maker
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 3/10/1999; ; 700+ words
; ...with few fans on Wall Street. Despite the booming stock market, the company's stock has lost more than half its value since 1991. Now...opinion of the company's value. RJR Nabisco's stock initially jumped 5 percent on the news but drifted...
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U.S. Stars Shine Again in Japan Ads; Booming Firms Dust Off Their Yen for A-Listers
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 1/14/2007; ; 700+ words
; Forget the rising stock market or fifth straight year of economic growth. The latest sign of Japan Inc.'s comeback is Cameron Diaz in a slinky black...
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Apple faces uphill battle with iPhone Pricing, production costs, competition with iPod all wild cards for Apple's strategy
Newspaper article from: Oakland Tribune; 1/15/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...broader effort to transform itself into a consumer electronics company. Many analysts and investors -- who sent Apple's stock soaring after the iPhone's unveiling -- have seen it as one of the important potential growth areas for the company, particularly...
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Security threats on Web likely to worsen in 2007
Newspaper article from: Oakland Tribune; 1/15/2007; 700+ words
; ...unscrupulous programmers have found to profit from their expertise. Other scams include combining a traditional pump-and-dump stock scam with the takeover of online brokerage accounts and renting out vast networks of zombie computers, known as botnets, to...
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Yuma
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Yuma , Native North Americans whose language belongs to the Yuman branch of the Hokan-Siouan linguistic stock (see Native American languages ). Also known as the Quechan, they formerly ranged over a large area in SW Arizona. Although...
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stock
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
stock in horticulture: see grafting .
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Woodstock
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...Canada, SW of Hamilton. It is an industrial center with diversified manufactures such as electric generators, fire engines, reed organs, auto parts, and textiles. The surrounding country has mixed farming, dairying, and stock raising.
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wool
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...to remove vegetable matter. It is bleached and dyed as raw stock, yarn, or in the piece; it is oiled to withstand processing...19th cent., imported Merinos greatly improved the existing stock. Spinning and weaving were early established in New England...
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wallflower
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...in Europe, where it flourishes on old walls. An old-fashioned garden flower, it is similar in appearance to the related stock and is also sometimes called gillyflower. The early spring blossoms are often much doubled; yellow, red, and brown are the...
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