Word: cashes
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...constant flow of cash into the political system, and the accompanying exchange of favors, influence, and access, reduces the political importance of those who cannot afford large donations and makes a mockery of the principle of "one man, one vote." Special interests would not give so much money if they did not feel they received benefits in return; companies in various industries, from tobacco to gambling to oil and mining interests, have received favorable treatment from legislators following their campaign donations...
Memo to Moscow: Want a bit of cash for those depleted Kremlin coffers? It's easy ? just dust off the missile silos. The U.S. Monday announced a new breakthrough with North Korea, after the two sides agreed at talks in Berlin that Pyongyang would suspend missile tests in exchange for Washington's moving to ease economic sanctions on the impoverished communist state. Thus far, North Korea has agreed only to refrain from firing another missile while talks last, but observers believe it?s the first step toward a comprehensive agreement to end the missile program in exchange for economic assistance...
...will be asked to pay for their own tickets. ?They?ll probably say no,? SLOC president Mitt Romney said at a press conference Thursday. ?But there?s no harm in asking.? Romney shouldn?t feel shy about billing IOC members; they're rumored to have some cash lying around...
What has America's right wing spooked is how assiduously the Panamanians are working to make the canal--which has always been run on a nonprofit basis--into a cash cow. It is not a new complaint. In the 1970s, when President Jimmy Carter sold the handover treaty to Congress, there was much whining about turning the canal into little more than an expensive toll road. The latest version of this anxiety adds a national security tweak: fear of China. In 1997, the Panamanian government finalized a rich deal with Hutchison Whampoa Ltd., based in Hong Kong...
GIRL BANDS GO DIGITAL Alanis Morissette and Courtney Love may be yesterday's news, but that hasn't stopped gamemakers from developing the first titles to cash in on female rock sensations. Um Jammer Lammy for the Sony PlayStation ($35) lets players tap their game pad in time with the beat of progressively more complex sounds. (It's harder than you think.) For more of a story line, Lego Friends ($30, available mid-September) lets girls six and up form their own virtual band, compose songs and try to win a competition. Rock...