Word: bankrupting
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...detainees. Securing the release of many of them, by negotiating the return of the Israeli corporal, would make heroes of Hamas. And it would do so at a time when ordinary Palestinians have been grumbling that they may have erred in electing the radical group since the government--bankrupt because of international boycotts--has gone five months without paying salaries to its 160,000 employees...
...says an intimate, to illustrate how Khamenei differs from his fellow clerics. He hikes in jeans in Tehran's Alborz Mountains and plays the tar, a traditional Iranian stringed instrument. On religious issues, Khamenei is a conservative in the mold of his predecessor, Khomeini. Khamenei considers the West morally bankrupt and has appointed officials hostile to women's rights and freedom of expression. But when it comes to his health, he places his faith in--along with God--medical doctors trained in the West...
...bill." She got loud applause during a riff on fiscal responsibility, one of her husband?s favorite issues but not one many in her party found very exciting. "People say, well, is fiscal responsibility a progressive issue?" Clinton said. "Well, if the strategy on the other side is to bankrupt the government so that it can't do anything like enforce election laws, like have a functioning FEMA, like take care of people's most basic needs, they're doing a good job of it. Fiscal responsibility gives us an opportunity to promote a progressive agenda. What do you think...
...collections. For the first time in modern Spanish history, the government ordered the dissolution of Marbella City Council and installed a temporary team to run the town. On taking office the new incumbents found the cupboards bare and thousands of unpaid bills, making the millionaires' jet-set resort virtually bankrupt. If there's a silver lining to what can seem an unsustainable boom, it's this: Spain's property business has generally become more professional and sophisticated during the years of plenty. It's difficult to get a mortgage anywhere in Spain without a down payment of at least...
...League of Women Voters of Florida joined several other pubic interest and labor groups, including the Florida AFL-CIO, in challenging the constitutionality of the law, which went into effect Jan. 1. They are asking the U.S. District Court to immediately suspend the fines - which the groups say could bankrupt their voter registration budgets...