These are edgy days at the Union Square Greenmarket, where more than 100 farmers come in from the countryside, four days a week, to sell their produce, cheese and baked goods.
Business executives, investors, brokers, subway workers and hot-dog vendors all seemed to agree on at least one thing -- after four edgy days when the market stayed shut, business as usual, even if bad, was far better than not opening at all.
Held in the edgy days following a violent clash between Portland police and antiwar protesters, the dedication took on the mood of a Wild West drama as city officials gathered for speeches at the foot of the fountain and hundreds of youths assembled at the top.
Saturday was a long, edgy day.
On the Russia/Georgia conflict The latest sign of how far the show and its host have come from their edgy early days will come at the Democratic Convention in Denver, where he and his reporters are fully accredited.
Maybe this was supposed to provide the jolt that season four was widely thought to be looking for, the hard twist that would return the Abbey to its edgy early days, back when Lady Mary and Mr Barrow were fornicating (in parallel, not ensemble) and Lady Edith was such a ghastly little snitch.
Edgy, these days, translates into onscreen torture (two Hostels, three Saws), rape (the recent remake of The Hills Have Eyes) and dismemberment (all of the above).
Two of the major indexes slipped Thursday as soft retail sales and a sharp rise in the dollar left investors edgy a day before the December jobs report.
From his edgy, leftfield punk days, Zerox, Car Trouble and the rest sound icy, sensual and dangerous.
Joyce Lee of CBS wrote, "Rihanna has officially moved on from her edgy Rated R days and has taken on a more girly and upbeat look with her new music video, 'Only Girl (In the World).'" Brittany Talarico of OK! complimented the transition from Rihanna's previous effort, Rated R, which featured darker themes and lyrics, stating, "Goodbye spikes and leather, hello bows and flowers!
In trying to understand the spate of advertising that is vulgar and controversial ("Trying to Be Hip and Edgy, Ads Become Offensive," Business Day, May 11), you cite the desperation of marketers to appeal to younger consumers, and the desire to create advertising that stirs an Internet sensation and goes viral.
