Word: clingingly
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That, in a nutshell, is the view of corporate America, which continues to cling to its massive compensation packages in spite of lower earnings and large layoffs. Now, however, after years of insisting on their right to pay themselves what they think they are worth, corporate executives face a rising howl of protest they may not be able to ignore. And their favorite form of income -- the stock option, which makes up as much as 90% of their total pay -- is a major target...
Defense lawyers have a hard time explaining to juries the shame, isolation and emotional dependency that bind victims to their abusers. Many women are too proud to admit to their family or friends that their marriage is not working and blame themselves for its failure even as they cling to the faith that their violent lover will change. "People confuse the woman's love for the man with love of abuse," says Pace's Dowd. "It's not the same thing. Which of us hasn't been involved in a romantic relationship where people say this is no good...
...perhaps your reasons don't matter if you're performing good deeds. Only the most heartless and brainless of isolationists could fault the U.S. intervention in Somalia. If we still cling to the notion that our legitimacy as a people derives from a humanistic social contract and an obligation to use our power as a moral force wherever reasonable, Operation Restore Hope is simply right. We should find no defects in Bush's actions...
...last leaves cling to the trees. It has rained: the water caught in furrows of the fields holds reflected sunset -- sweet sky visible through holes in the earth. We cross the Bosna River and head into the mountains. There is a sliver of new moon. It looks somehow covert -- like an eyelid, watching...
...must cling to the need-based aid system andget other institutions [to do so], otherwise we'regoing to ruin ourselves," said Rudenstine...