Word: delayer
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Scottsdale, Ariz. DeLay's Indictment...
House majority leader Tom DeLay [who defiantly rejects charges of illegal campaign-finance dealings] projects mean-spiritedness [Oct. 10]. He has smirked his way through many media moments. Some leaders choose an adversarial approach to situations that actually call for amiable discourse. But admired leaders demonstrate nonarrogant and confident behavior. That kind of demeanor and knowing the right thing to do are what we constituents desire from our leaders...
There was only one reason that clients ranging from Native-American tribes to Fortune 500 CEOs to Pacific Island potentates were willing to pay Jack Abramoff millions. The lobbyist at the center of a spreading scandal that has touched numerous lawmakers, including former House majority leader Tom DeLay, had access like few others to people in power. But in the place that mattered most, even someone as well-connected as Abramoff needed help. When he had to make sure his clients' concerns got the attention of the right people in the George W. Bush White House, Abramoff often turned...
...process has accelerated dramatically this year. Two major U.S. airlines--Delta and Northwest--turned to bankruptcy court to cut costs and delay pension-fund contributions. This followed earlier bankruptcy filings by United Airlines and USAirways, both of which jettisoned their guaranteed pension plans. Then on Oct. 8, the largest U.S. auto-parts maker, Delphi Corp., filed for bankruptcy protection, seeking to cut off medical and life-insurance benefits for its retirees. Delphi's pension funds are short $11 billion. To Elizabeth Warren, a Harvard law professor who specializes in bankruptcy, this is just going to get worse, as ever more...
...their Palestinian counterparts, who are already in position in the city but function quietly, without uniforms. When, just after the shooting, Hebron youths began to riot, Arafat's gendarmes fanned out, persuading them to desist. Said an officer: "We don't want to give the Israelis any excuse to delay their redeployment...