• Yet, tempting as it is to blow the Buffett billions on bolstering these programmes, research also has a claim on the pot.

    ECONOMIST: The fight against disease: How to spend it | The

  • They argued, but they kept the lid on the pot.

    NEWYORKER: Warming Trend

  • The search is now on for the pot of intellectual gold at the end of it all.

    ECONOMIST: The 2008 Nobel science prizes

  • Nearly 1, 300 consumers also have reported the handle on the coffee pot breaking during use, the agency said.

    CNN: Popular coffeemaker recalled due to injury risk

  • If I close my eyes, I can see my mom's kitchen windows steaming up from the simmering gravy, hear her banging her wooden spoon on the rim of the gravy pot, and smell the meatballs sizzling in olive oil.

    NPR: Savoring Memories of Sunday Dinner

  • Unfortunately, these players weren't able to build on the adventurous spirit of Melting Pot: The group disbanded shortly after the album's release.

    NPR: Masters of the Groove Get Loose and Propulsive

  • Rob Gibson said the local authority was sitting on a pot of money to pay for the city road.

    BBC: Stromeferry bypass

  • It would have been easier to "sit on the sidelines and take pot shots", she said.

    BBC: Kirsty Williams

  • Michael Arrington, editor of the influential blog TechCrunch, tipped the pot on a simmering controversy in September when he accused a prominent group of angel investors (whom he calls "super angels") of colluding to keep competitors out of deals and hold valuations down, partly in response to Graham's newly empowered students.

    FORBES: Technology

  • Full of kids, dogs and golf clubs, it is prosperous and unremarkable, except for details like the beat-up cracker box brimming with the household pot stash and the note on the fridge that reads: "Gretchen called: Probation!"

    FORBES: Issues & Ideas

  • Previously announced deals, near deals, deals that have been in the works for a number of years, and deals that are still under discussion are all thrown into the same pot, the emphasis being on announcing the largest possible number.

    FORBES: What's In That $45 Billion?

  • When the second adult died, the tap water had tested positive for this protozoan and a Neti Pot was found on the premises.

    FORBES: How Not to Die Using a Neti Pot

  • "The Oprah Winfrey Show" invited her to try the neti pot on television in 2007.

    CNN: Why people swear by the neti pot

  • Under the plate rack on the draining board and at the bottom of the plastic pot for the cutlery was a murky gray sludge.

    NEWYORKER: Friendly Fire

  • Keeper Curran ran up the field on two occasions in the dying seconds to attempt long pot-shots from 45 metres but he failed to find the target both times as Glenties set up their provincial decider appearance against Crossmaglen.

    BBC: Dara Gallagher and Louis O'Neill

  • Employees must approach the workplace through a lens that can detect the pot holes of distrust while staying focused on seeing and seizing the next opportunity.

    FORBES: 6 Ways to Detect a Trustworthy Boss

  • Place a steamer or small colander in the pot and set cake pan on top so it rests above water and doesn't touch sides of pot.

    WSJ: Rethink: Relish the Radish | Off Duty Spring 50

  • Having won their last two matches 3-0, confidence had been growing in the Scotland camp but the rankings slip likely to follow from this defeat may impact on which pot Craig Levein's men go into in the upcoming World Cup qualifying draw.

    BBC: Scotland 0-2 Brazil

  • If I threw it on the fire I could bring a pot of beans to a boil.

    NPR: Excerpt: 'Pinocchio'

  • Jim Bob Moffett, Freeport's chairman, now says he would not accept even an angel's word on a pot of gold in the jungle.

    ECONOMIST: Gold mining

  • The only things that seem to multiply, apart from the noughts on the bank-notes, are pot-holes in what used to be Africa's smoothest roads north of the Limpopo river.

    ECONOMIST: Zimbabwe's election

  • When I got to work it went on the desk until my mid-morning trip to the office coffee pot, where I gave it a quick rinse and refilled it.

    FORBES: The Reusable Cup Experiment

  • The Milton Hershey School holds by far the biggest pot of securities of any primary or secondary school on the planet.

    FORBES: Magazine Article

  • The war years saw him work on the prosthetics used to transform Roger Livesey into a balding, pot-bellied blusterer in The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp.

    BBC: Star Wars make-up artist Stuart Freeborn dies aged 98

  • His secret: Scoop a bean from the cooking pot and blow on it.

    WSJ: A Cassoulet Worth Fighting Over

  • On the other hand, it is possible to exaggerate just how quickly the melting pot is cooking this stew.

    ECONOMIST: Primary colours

  • To achieve that "particular quality, " most craft distillers employ variations on small-batch pot stills, the kind of homey, copper kettle--looking devices you find at single-malt scotch distilleries, as opposed to the giant, continuous-process column stills of the big-volume liquor brands.

    FORBES: Magazine Article

  • The Obama Administration, as well as politicians on both sides of the aisle, want to sweeten the pot, but they have been unable to get the funding passed.

    FORBES: Nuclear Loan Guarantee Wait Excruciating For Constellation

  • Leave to rest for 10 minutes, then carve into thin slices and serve with the juices, garlic and onions from the pot spooned over the top, and with the fava bean salad on the side.

    FORBES: The Best Mother's Day Gift. Ever.

  • CD-quality sound on the company's instant-messaging service could provoke even steamier gossip around the coffee pot.

    ECONOMIST: MONITOR: Instant messaging joins the firm | The

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