Word: derailings
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...congressman's home turf, tends to view the practice as just another way to provide jobs for the family down the street, if not for your own. And so far, questions about Mollohan's use of the clout associated with his seat on the appropriations committee have failed to derail his campaign for a 13th term against state lawmaker Chris Wakim, a Republican...
...directive] negotiated separate drilling agreements with Russian authorities, ExxonMobil and Royal Dutch Shell have gone way over budget and incurred the wrath of leading environmental groups. But last week, the two oil majors faced their biggest challenge so far: a Kremlin backlash that could hold up or even potentially derail their plans. Moscow revoked a key environmental license for Shell's $20 billion project, and took a tough line with Exxon over likely cost overruns on its $13 billion efforts. Russian officials also took aim at a third big oil exploration site in the Arctic by France's Total, saying...
...didn't help her credibility when the Financial Times revealed that the emirate--where Bill had been paid $450,000 in speaking fees in 2002--was getting advice from her husband on how to go forward with the deal even as she was trying to derail it. His aides said that he was not paid for the advice and that he merely told the company it should submit to additional government review. The deal was later scuttled...
...derail the British roundup, Chertoff had to wait until the early hours of Thursday morning after all the London arrests were made before notifying U.S. airports of the threat, say senior DHS officals. When it became clear the arrests would be wrapped up around 1 a.m Washington time, Chertoff got on a conference call with his Homeland Security Advisory Committee to approve changing the threat level. Then calls went out to the airlines, airline security companies and labor unions affected by the changes, as well as to members of Congress...
...saying: "I'm glad Russia has put energy security on the agenda of the G-8. It's a crucial issue for all of us." Not every nation that looks at the new Russia does so drenched with suspicion. Germans still feel grateful to Russia for not trying to derail unification. The country depends on Moscow for one-third of its gas, and the proportion is rising. German banks and companies are a major source of foreign investment in Russia, Ukraine and Eastern Europe, where turmoil could be costly and disruptive. Not surprisingly, "we have a realistic partnership with Russia...