Reverbiage: Stories from NPR tagged 'horrible'

Credit Markets Blamed For Stock Slide

Fri, 10 Oct 2008 16:00:00 EDT

Many finance-watchers say the driving cause of this week's horrible stock market performance was the credit markets. Banks are simply not lending money to each other.

Lehman CEO Testifies On Capitol Hill

Mon, 06 Oct 2008 16:26:00 EDT

Even as the company was heading toward collapse, executives at Lehman Brothers were being awarded millions in bonuses and special payments. Lehman CEO Richard Fuld has told Congress he feels "horrible" about the way the company imploded.

For Neil Patrick Harris, Life's Far From 'Horrible'

Fri, 01 Aug 2008 09:46:00 EDT

Everything may seem to go wrong for the villainous Dr. Horrible, but life's peachy for Neil Patrick Harris, the actor who plays the bumbling baddie in the eponymous Internet musical. He's moved on from life as Doogie Howser, M.D., and was recently nominated for an Emmy for his role in the sitcom How I Met Your Mother.

'Buffy' Creator Proves Doogie Howser Can Sing

Fri, 18 Jul 2008 14:09:00 EDT

This week, in an unusual first, television producer Joss Whedon unveiled Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog, a musical comedy written for — and released exclusively on — the Internet.

Janice Baird Debuts in a Troubled 'Tristan'

Fri, 28 Mar 2008 14:22:00 EDT

The Metropolitan Opera's production of Tristan und Isolde has endured horrible luck since it opened earlier this month. But for understudy Janice Baird, the mishaps meant her Met debut, taking on the lead role in mid-performance.

'Marketplace' Report: Summer Exchange Rates

Thu, 19 Jul 2007 14:45:00 EDT

With a horrible exchange rate for the dollar against the Euro, and even the Canadian buck being mighty expensive, it's no fun being an American abroad this year. The upside? It's cheap for all those folks to come to the United States and spend their money here.

Kazuo Ishiguro: 'Never Let Me Go'

Wed, 04 May 2005 00:00:00 EDT

Ishiguro, born in Great Britain, is a master of the very English genre of quiet desperation. Never Let Me Go, is a deceptively simple tale set in a bucolic private school that eventually reveals its horrible secret.

Again with the Annoying Holiday Tunes

Sat, 18 Dec 2004 00:00:00 EST

NPR's Scott Simon invites Annoying Music Show host Jim Nayder to share his latest batch of horrible holiday music. Songs include a ghastly version of "Rudolph" and the Jingle Cats meowing "Kitties We Have Heard on High."