Word: co-opt
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...some Americans see this incident in a much different light--as emblematic of how Jackson, a two-time presidential candidate and a leading civil rights figure, is willing to co-opt even the most solemn issues for his own political advancement...
...chance. In its first week on the market, Xenical was prescribed by an estimated 24,000 U.S. doctors in face-to-face consultations. If you wanted to fit into a smaller bikini and couldn't co-opt your GP into saying you were obese enough for the drug--well, you knew where to look. "Where can I get Xenical online without a prescription?" asked a correspondent in the newsgroup alt.drugs. A reply came from Pharmcom.com another offshore operation, this time in New Zealand. Like a good spouse, the online doctors don't call you on your weight claims. A height...
...Treasurer...=composed as it was of magistrates and ministers, the Board of Overseers remained the dominant governing board until 1686, when it was temporarily suspended by a change in government.=board of external trustees, connected with the living organism of the University only through the President.=to co-opt whomsoever it chose.=collegial=The overseers should always hold toward the corporation an attitude of suspicious vigilance.=as good as rejected.<= The opposition between the two governing boards finally broke when the corporation proved to have the stronger will, standing by its nominee. The overseers relented. No one remained to stand...
Religious traditions, however, require a bit more maturity and understanding to deal with. Pluralism and multiculturalism become trouble-some issues when we try simply to co-opt another religious tradition into our general popular culture without stopping to examine what that tradition actually means to its believers. That is why many Hindus found Madonna's performance disturbing...
Microsoft has managed to co-opt nearly everything. Yet as I sit facing my friendly Macintosh PowerPC and my nondescript IBM clone equipped with Windows 95, I know that only one of these machines has a soul. Rob Parsons Sitka, Alaska...