Word: armes
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Cerberus LLC, the once powerful private equity firm, swept into Detroit in the autumn of 2006 to acquire a 51% stake in GMAC, General Motors' financial arm, and less than a year later it drove off with Chrysler, described at the time as the "capstone" of Cerberus' industrial empire. Never mind that the seller, Daimler, was only too happy to get rid of the auto company...
...scientist of the highest caliber, but someone who has been steeped in policy," wrote Bart Gordon, the Democratic Tennessee representative who chairs the U.S. House Committee on Science and Technology, in an e-mail. "This is a strong message that science will no longer be kept at an arm's length in the White House...
...when she won the post; it didn't help matters that she had to return $25,000 in campaign donations from what turned out to be a bigoted rock band, though she did wisely donate the cash to anti-hate groups. "He really did go out and put the arm on people to raise money," says Redfield, who knew and briefly worked with Michael Madigan in the 1970s...
...scientist of the highest caliber, but someone who has been steeped in policy," wrote Bart Gordon, the democratic Tennessee representative who chairs the U.S. House Committee on Science and Technology, in an e-mail. "This is a strong message that science will no longer be kept at an arm's length in the White House...
...regard to homosexuals' rights." Hong Kong lacks any non-discriminatory ordinance, and many locals still regard homosexuality with unease. Eric Herrera, a member of a white-collar gay-rights group called Fruits in Suits, which helped organize the parade, said, "I have no problem walking down the streets arm in arm with my partner of 21 years, but it makes many people very uncomfortable...