owners are waiving in their commitment

[Laurence Horn]

On Aug 20, 2012, at 6:27 PM, George Thompson wrote:

> ". . . its top leadership consider seizing their golden parachutes and
> leaping off the ship"

Maybe it's an airship.

LH
>
> My father was a merchant seaman, and he very strongly advised me once that
> parachutes weren't the best choice when leaping from a sinking ship.  But
> perhaps they have been improved since his time.
>
> As the oldtime New Yorker would caption this, "Block That Metaphor!"
>
> GAT
>
> On Mon, Aug 20, 2012 at 5:48 PM, Garson O'Toole
> <adsgarsonotoole at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> News Corp. and Disney Plan to Yank Hulu Content, But Hope to up
>> Subscriptions
>> Jason Mick (Blog) - August 20, 2012 4:00 PM
>>
>> http://www.dailytech.com/News+Corp+and+Disney+Plan+to+Yank+Hulu+Content+But+Hope+to+up+Subscriptions/article25459.htm
>>
>> [Begin excerpt]
>> In short, this is a very volatile time for Hulu.  Its big media
>> network owners are waiving in their commitment, even as its top
>> leadership consider seizing their golden parachutes and leaping off
>> the ship.  Ultimately the big media owners may be most to blame for
>> this.
>> Source: Variety
>> [End excerpt]
>>
>> "...network owners are waiving in their commitment, …"
>>
>> I would use "wavering". Maybe there is some confusing with a phrase
>> like "owners have waived their commitment". But that has a different
>> meaning. I find it difficult to search for instances of this use. It
>> may be isolated.
>>
>> Garson
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> George A. Thompson
> Author of A Documentary History of "The African Theatre", Northwestern
> Univ. Pr., 1998, but nothing much since then.
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