tocks

• “Despite the hundreds of tick-tocks you hear when walking into this antique watch and clock repair shop, it 's as if time has stopped there.”

  The Wall Street Journal: The New German Expressionism

• “And for my part, I stay away from doing tick-tocks of meetings and arguments unless I think there are serious implications for policy.”

  The Washington Post: Reporters aren't the only ones who like to gossip

• “Baby hedgehog 'tocks totally made my day, and I have a mastiff that does "doga." 150 pounds of dog, feet straight out behind him.”

  Friday Pix

• “The mural clears just the tops of the doors and the hutch and the grandfather clock, which tocks.”

  Fictionaut: Thanksgiving

• “And although one of Suze's mantras is how much she loves stocks - "[S] tocks, in my opinion, are the best investment vehicle for the growth of your money over time" - less than 3 percent of Suze's net worth happens to be invested in them.”

  Is Suze Orman Nothing But A Lying Shill? - The Consumerist

• “The 2.5-liter engine, with 177 pound-feet on board, pulls smoothly but insistently up to redline, and the gearbox tocks through the ratios with a slick ease.”

  The Wall Street Journal: The Beetle Mans Up

• “Based on her original reporting for the newspaper (and re - reported here), the book is as scrupulously documented as the Journal's "tick-tocks," which Ellison defines as "often riveting reconstructions of significant events that had occurred months earlier.”

  The Huffington Post: Murdoch's Wall Street Journal Takeover Chronicled In 'War At The Wall Street Journal'

• “The White House moved quickly to take advantage of that opportunity -- doling out details for a series of tick-tocks written by the big media organizations (including this one) that cast Obama as simultaneously deliberate and decisive.”

  The Washington Post: Obama, the decider

• “The tandem movement of tocks and corporate bonds in Europe may end.”

  The Wall Street Journal: For Bonds: Give Credit Where Credit Is Due

• “Inside the news business such detailed narratives are called "tick-tocks," and hers beats like a metronome.”

  The Washington Post: Sarah Ellison's "War at the Wall Street Journal," reviewed by Jack Shafer

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