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We Dreamed, They Delivered: How the Iowa-L.S.U. Showdown Exceeded the Hype

Phoenix to Start Clearing Sprawling Downtown Homeless Encampment

A Phoenix judge ordered the city to begin clearing tents in the Zone, an area that has as many as 1,100 people sleeping unsheltered on a given night.

Bloomberg-Ordered Raid Ends 2-Month Park Encampment

By DAVID M. HALBFINGER and MICHAEL BARBARO 23 minutes ago

Several hundred Occupy demonstrators returned to Zuccotti Park, but a judge’s ruling bans tents, tarps and staying overnight.

Showdown looms as park's owner asks police for help removing encampments; protesters vow to stay.

Warren Buffett's 2010 adjusted gross income was $62,855,038 – $39,814,784 of which was taxable – and he paid only $6,938,744 in taxes, good for 17.4 percent of his taxable income.

The billionaire investor who has urged Congress to increase taxes on the ultra-rich revealed those figures to the congressional supercommitte tasked with finding more than $1 trillion in deficit savings over the next decade. Buffett said he’d go one step further and release his full federal tax returns if the panel could convince other wealthy Americans to do the same.

good for

1. Beneficial to, as in Milk is good for children. [Tenth century a.d.]
2. Financially reliable, able to pay or repay, as in They know he's good for a big tip. [Mid-1800s]
3. Able to serve or continue to function, as in This furniture's good for at least ten more years, or I hope you're not tired--I'm good for another three miles or so. [Mid-1800s]
4. Equivalent in value; also, valid for. For example, These coupons are good for a 20 percent discount, or This contract is good for the entire life of the book. [Second half of 1800s]
5. good for someone. An expression of approval, as in Good for Bill--he's sold the car, or Good for you! You passed the exam. This usage differs from the others in that orally a slight emphasis is placed on you or whoever is being mentioned. [Mid-1800s]

showdown

/ˈʃəʊdaʊn/

noun

1. 1.

   a final test or confrontation intended to settle a dispute.

   "he and his government were lurching towards an angry showdown with their critics"

   Similar:

   confrontation

   deciding event

   clash

   face-off

   moment of truth

   crisis
2. 2.

   (in poker or brag) the requirement at the end of a round that the players who remain in should show their cards to determine which is the strongest hand.

encampment

(ĕn-kămp'mənt)
n.

1. 1. The act of encamping.
   2. The state of being encamped.
2. A camp; a campsite.