Word: beholdenness
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PSLM members criticize the FLA for being too beholden to corporate interests, and have long urged Harvard to join...
...talk, "So Much Information and So Little Time," Brokaw said the proliferation of news sources has empowered readers and viewers--who are no longer beholden to just a few newsgathering organizations...
...Leaders of both parties have complained in recent years that allowing voters to choose the prime minister and their parliamentary representatives on separate ballots creates an inherently unstable system of fragile coalitions, in which any government is beholden to the parochial interests of smaller parties...
...Meanwhile, the masses are still puzzling out the implications of a military-heavy government. Some segments don't like it at all. "Gloria is more beholden to the military than to People Power," complains Wilson Fortaleza, president of the leftist political movement Sanlakas, which helped get people on the streets to oppose Estrada. Politicians are concerned about the military's renewed role. "One question remains to be sorted out," says Senator Rodolfo Biazon, former armed forces chief of staff. "Are we setting a standard for our military to be always a major factor in the resolution of political controversies...
...campaign spending (Republicans dubbed Corzine the "human ATM machine"), Corzine ran on one of the most liberal platforms in the nation, advocating such edgy programs as public preschool and universal health care. On the trail, Corzine spun the funding issue in his favor, noting he would not be beholden to campaign contributors. But for all the money spent, Corzine's winning margin was a slim...