Word: clingingly
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MANY DIEHARD SUPPORTERS of Israel continue to insist that the U.S. needs Israel more than it needs its Arab allies. They cling to two basic strategic arguments...
...decision does not change the obligation of all nonpayers to pay any back taxes due, plus interest and applicable civil penalties. Last week's ruling affects only criminal convictions, which must be based on "willful" violations. Still, dissenting Justice Harry Blackmun blasted the court for encouraging "taxpayers to cling to frivolous views...
...just like the game against Colgate, the Crimson was unable to cling to its fragile intermission advantage...
...instinct at work," says political scientist Greg Thielemann of the University of Texas at Dallas. "Pork-barreling in our direction is O.K." Ironically, a general anti-Washington feeling can work to an incumbent's advantage. The more people distrust the yahoos in Congress, the more inclined they are to cling to "their guy" as their one defender against congressional tomfoolery...
...drive to promote the Japanese-inspired team concept at its plants has often been greeted with suspicion, if not outright hostility, and many line workers cling resolutely to the Old World: a rigid, adversarial system characterized by strict seniority rules and a crippling multiplicity of job classifications. The result is a patchwork of different systems among GM plants, many of which are light-years behind the highly efficient Buick City factory in Flint, Mich., where the Buick LeSabre is produced. Overall, GM has made virtually no gains in productivity and remains the highest-cost automaker in the U.S. In fact...