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Biotech / Medical : Cortex (Cor) [formerly CORX]
COR 352.22+6.8%Feb 5 3:59 PM EST
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To: nigel bates who wrote (1094)3/27/2006 9:31:57 AM
From: quidditch  Read Replies (1) of 1255
 
Sheesh, you blokes over the pond--and you, too, Pope--are so testy and parochial about your shoes (:-:

From: The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000 [Yes, the American Heritage ... of the English Language.

shoe

PRONUNCIATION: sh
NOUN: 1. A durable covering for the human foot...[large snip]
1IDIOMS: the shoe is on the other foot Informal The circumstances have been reversed; an unequal relationship has been inverted. wait for the other shoe to drop Slang To defer action or decision until another matter is finished or resolved. [snip]

And this:

The original Cringely frog
mascot, circa 1998. July 14, 2005
More Shoes
There's More to the Apple/Intel Deal Than Even Bob Thought At First
By Robert X. Cringely

There's this expression, "Waiting for the second shoe to drop." It means that a first clue is often followed by a second clue that gives more information about what's happening. Lots of us use the expression, but where does it come from?

I will acknowledge that the expression may be more commonly used with the implication that the second/other shoe to drop heralds (or should I say "augurs", if herald is too rosy) bad news. But, mornings in America vs. afternoons over the pond.

quid
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