Word: act
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 2000-2009
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...contractors should work under the same legal network that other military officials work under, or at least those of internal State Department officers. It seems inevitable that private contractors are going to play a role in the future of the U.S. government and military. The government should then not act like these officials are anomalies in the system, temporarily assisting something that will later be replaced by “real” officers. Contractors should be fully incorporated into the government machine that is spending nearly 1 billion dollars a day in Iraq. This change would hopefully entail...
...lake with some of the kids, they're skipping stones across the water; Dan throws a rock with the fury of a Spartan at Thermopylae. Emily Blunt, a beguiler in My Summer of Love and The Devil Wears Prada, brightens up a scene in a bar. And when Act 3 finally rolls around, Dan and Marie have a pretty tryst at a bowling alley, and the movie locates the sweet mood it's been seeking...
...voted against emergency funding for the victims of Hurricane Katrina because of a tiny amount of pork in the bill, paying no mind to the fact that people would not receive much-needed money if the bill didn’t pass. He voted against the Voting Rights Act because it allows ballots to be printed in non-English languages, and was only one of four in the entire House of Representatives to vote against unemployment benefits...
...James that brings out his yearning and love, but every time he tries to touch her, she vanishes. When the sylph appears as they are about to take their wedding vows, James follows her into the forest and abandons his bride just as the curtains fall on the first act...
...much-needed energy and money. It is narrow-minded to deny these benefits to the Commonwealth while pointing to overblown social consequences. For instance, the argument that casinos will bankrupt poor people who trust their fortunes to fate neglects their free will and assumes that they cannot think and act for themselves. And to maintain a social conscience, part of the new revenue will also be used to treat gambling addictions—which, thanks to Connecticut’s casinos, are nothing new. Though the plan may disgust a sheltered few, it looks to be a jackpot for Massachusetts...