Furthermore, your claim that defense spending keeps our economy afloat is also ridiculous.    From Wordnik.com.  [Government blues] Reference

HAMILTON: What keeps them afloat is the bestsellers.    From Wordnik.com.  [Jonathan Maberry Interviews Laurell K. Hamilton] Reference

USATODAY. com - Marlins weather stormy waters to remain afloat.    From Wordnik.com.  [USATODAY.com - Marlins weather stormy waters to remain afloat] Reference

Trying to keep a hiccupping business alive and keeping my name afloat at the same time.    From Wordnik.com.  [outfoxed Diary Entry] Reference

The only thing that keeps him and his family afloat is the fact that he earns enough to pay for it.    From Wordnik.com.  [Duck, It's Hillary!] Reference

But I don't think it matters because the Minnow, while still technically afloat, is already lost at sea.    From Wordnik.com.  [Roy Sheider's Wacky Course Corrections] Reference

Nelson was more successful in his conflicts with the enemy than with the chiefs of his calling afloat and ashore.    From Wordnik.com.  [Drake Nelson and Napoleon]

He and Ruskin set a certain cant afloat, for every fad and pose which pretends to be sober and earnest must have a cant.    From Wordnik.com.  [Folkways A Study of the Sociological Importance of Usages, Manners, Customs, Mores, and Morals] Reference

Keeping Alexander McQueen's label afloat will be no mean feat fashion week Photograph: Brian Ach/Getty When a designer dies, the.    From Wordnik.com.  [WN.com - Articles related to Are Bees Addicted To Caffeine And Nicotine?] Reference

So on the walk this morning I was wondering what else to add to the list, just to do my bit to keep Amazin afloat, you understand.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2004-06-01] Reference

What keeps things emotionally afloat is Amelia’s romance with George Putnam (Gere).    From Wordnik.com.  [“Amelia” never quite takes off » Scene-Stealers] Reference

If you ask me, sir, who first set the notion afloat in the town, I cannot satisfy you.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Channings] Reference

They're just trying to keep the economy afloat, which is what they were all hired for.    From Wordnik.com.  [digg.com: Stories / Popular] Reference

He keeps emphasizing that no government money was ultimately put up to keep Wachovia afloat, which is true.    From Wordnik.com.  [AlterNet.org Main RSS Feed] Reference

As an officer he was a perfect master of his profession, both in theory and practice, and was what is termed afloat, "all for the service.".    From Wordnik.com.  [The King's Own] Reference

The rest of the lamp fell down on about three other cars, so we were kind of afloat for a while in cops and disturbed citizens.    From Wordnik.com.  [Analog Science Fiction and Fact]

Marlins weather stormy waters to remain afloat.    From Wordnik.com.  [USATODAY.com] Reference

Focus on keeping city 'afloat' stalls efforts, mayor says.    From Wordnik.com.  [detnews.com - Autos Insider] Reference

A baseball sized stone requires a 100 mph updraft to keep it "afloat".    From Wordnik.com.  [TheDenverChannel.com - Local News] Reference

'Then,' said the Princess, 'there is some sad trouble afloat which is hidden from me.'.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Tapestry Room: A Child's Romance] Reference

But it was left to Hillary to help keep the project afloat.    From Wordnik.com.  [Hillary's Trouble] Reference

But there aren't enough Olympians to keep a swimwear company afloat.    From Wordnik.com.  [Making a Splash] Reference

The direct response to it kept us afloat through the spring of 2000.    From Wordnik.com.  [Suiting Up Against The Big Boys] Reference

Both companies claimed that the merger was essential to them staying afloat.    From Wordnik.com.  [Sebelius’s Signature Battle] Reference

"" Prince '' begins as baby Moses is set afloat in a basket in the bulrushes.    From Wordnik.com.  [Down By The River] Reference

His desperate efforts to I keep it afloat were characteristically heavy-handed.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Fame Game: Why Everyone's Gloating] Reference

When Donald Trump's empire hit the skids in 1991, Bollenbach helped him stay afloat.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Classic Matchup] Reference

Brown presumably gets a golden life jacket to keep him afloat while he's making other plans.    From Wordnik.com.  [Newsmakers] Reference

All of which leaves Houston Mayor Bill White scrambling to keep the city's finances afloat.    From Wordnik.com.  [Katrina's Latest Damage] Reference

To wit: can it stay afloat long enough to find a business that will make it solidly profitable?.    From Wordnik.com.  [An Amazonian Survival Strategy] Reference

But they're a dicier proposition these days because of the flat-tax proposals afloat in Washington.    From Wordnik.com.  [Bottom Fishing] Reference

Do you think Hamas will be able to raise the money required to keep the Palestinian Authority afloat?.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Last Word--Efraim Halevy: Matters of Intelligence] Reference

Meanwhile Middle Eastern fund managers and Asian consumers are quietly keeping the U.S. economy afloat.    From Wordnik.com.  [The World Bails Us Out] Reference

Your child will learn that it takes everyone's efforts to keep the boat afloat, '' some parents tell me.    From Wordnik.com.  [Saying 'No' To Fund-Raisers] Reference

With Internet travel-planning cutting into industry profits, Stewart needed a new strategy to stay afloat.    From Wordnik.com.  [CRUISING FOR CUSTOMERS] Reference

Not enough people use laptops, and those who do aren't willing to pay enough for the service to keep operators afloat.    From Wordnik.com.  [THE WI-FI BUBBLE] Reference