"move the needle"
Joel S. Berson
Berson at ATT.NET
Mon Jul 16 14:22:11 UTC 2012
At 7/16/2012 08:44 AM, Jonathan Lighter wrote:
>To make progress. Not in OED.
>
>A Romney spokesman says in CNN that in three-and-a half years in office,
>the Presdient "hasn't even moved the needle" on "jobs creation."
>
>In my day, that would have been "*job* creation."
>
>But my day is past.
Now that he is gone, we need to create more more Jobs.
Joel
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