Word: barely
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Behind those bare facts are many Lincolns: lawyer, master politician, storyteller, warrior, jokester and man of near constant sorrow...
...tier connections with vast sums of money from his tribal clients to advance his interests. It shows how easy it is for seasoned operators to violate the spirit of the law--possibly while staying within the letter of it--as they peddle influence. The correspondence also lays bare that, of the $7.7 million Abramoff and fellow lobbyist Michael Scanlon charged the Choctaw for projects in 2001, they spent $1.2 million for their efforts and split the rest in a scheme they called "gimme five." Most of all, it shines a bright light into the dark places of Washington where money...
...much of a solution. In the mid-1970s, doctors organized a number of companies, promptly dubbed "bedpan mutuals," to write malpractice insurance at lower premiums. But several of the bedpan mutuals are said to be in financial trouble, and as a group they too are raising premiums rapidly. Going bare is an act of desperation: business executives and professionals who are operating without insurance almost unanimously voice deep worry that a single big lawsuit could wipe them...
...Lebanon. There, Michel Seurat, 39, a French Middle East researcher who was kidnaped in Beirut last May by the shadowy pro-Iranian Shi'ite-dominated terrorist organization Islamic Jihad, purportedly had been executed as a French spy. The terrorists released three black-and-white photographs that showed a bare-chested Seurat with unfocused, half-closed eyes, a shrouded figure in a closed coffin. Although his body has not yet been found, there appeared to be little hope that he was still alive...
...that enable corporate customers to strip protection from its best-selling 1-2-3 program. Ashton-Tate quickly followed suit, abandoning copy protection for all its products. Said Chairman Edward Esber: "Sooner or later, you've got to trust your customer." Last week Microsoft announced that it is "going bare" on the last of its business programs, leaving protection only on its popular Flight Simulator game...