In the case of the wheat, the genetically modified plants were growing where they were not wanted, like a weed.
All the same, I sometimes ask myself if I would have been so offended had the prize been something I really wanted — like a BB gun.
There were particular things I wanted, like a mud room with a closet and a bench, and a really nice shower.
In the final deal, Ms. Harris did not get everything she wanted, like a moratorium on foreclosures, or a bigger pot of money for homeowners who went through foreclosure, who are expected to received close to $2,000 each.
Ms. Gallagher said that Father Nugent lavished tens of thousands of the Salesians' dollars on Patrick, one of seven children of a perennially broke alcoholic single mother, paying for anything he wanted, like a trip to Europe, motel rooms for trysts with his girlfriends and endless beer.
The homegrown technology used for Grainger.com, its first e-commerce site, was unable to support the features customers wanted, like a pop-up list as soon as they signed on showing supplies they usually buy or a procedure that required orders above a specific amount to be authorized.
