As a result, in the early hours of the blackout, there were lots of idle cops hanging around quiet precincts.
Its once-sodden culture, a product of lots of cheap booze and idle men hanging around late to vote, is much drier.
But when I read that his son, Henry, had been hanging out with the idle rich in very louche and expensive West End night clubs, I thought "that boy's out of his depth".
We've tried talking to our friends in finance, and they say, 'Liquidity, liquidity, liquidity.' Well, there is some social loss if people are hanging on to a lot of idle cash, so the financial system, by providing liquid assets that provide a pretty good yield, is supposed to deal with that.
Idling at the beach or hanging out at the local taverna at a time when many Greeks are going short might spark a twinge of guilt in even the most hardhearted tourist.
While forcing an IPO is less likely and desirable than selling the stake back to GE or hanging onto it for another year (See "Vivendi's Idle Threat"), it nonetheless provides Vivendi with options and, as a result, some leverage at the bargaining table.
With an archbishop's ghost hanging around, I knew there was no danger that my blissfully idle mind would become the Devil's workshop.
But it's also a bit like home for Severine where champagne cocktails, idling away time reading the paper, doing crossword puzzles and, well, hanging around is practically seamless with her real stay-at-home life.
By now, de Blasio's neighbors on Eleventh Street — myself included — have become accustomed to the men in dark suits hanging out on the patio of Bar Toto, on the corner of Sixth Avenue, while their black S.U.V. idles up the block.
E-mail address GO SIGN UP Share Tweet By now, de Blasio's neighbors on Eleventh Street — myself included — have become accustomed to the men in dark suits hanging out on the patio of Bar Toto, on the corner of Sixth Avenue, while their black S.U.V. idles up the block.
