Word: diverts
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...Randy Jay Gomes, diverted funds from the Hasty Pudding Theatricals to accounts over which I had control, two of mine and one of Suzanne Pomey’s. I initially stole money to buy drugs, specifically crystal meth, and continued to divert out more as the situation escalated. I also used some of the money to buy some electronic equipment and to travel. I was never proud of what I did and hoped one day when I had beat the addiction and had a job I could pay the Pudding back...
Rafah sits along the border with Egypt, so Palestinians dig tunnels to smuggle in cigarettes, hashish, baby formula--and arms. Israeli troops try to find the tunnels and shut them down. To divert the soldiers while the smugglers dig, Palestinians launch nightly assaults on Termite from Block O. Israel, in turn, tries to make Termite safer by bulldozing nearby homes, like Najjar...
...White House budget. That is bad enough considering the current economic conditions. But if the system is ever actually finalized and implemented, costs could rise to a staggering $238 billion by 2025, according to the Congressional Budget Office. The administration should abandon this infeasible and counterproductive project now and divert that money to more deserving and useful causes...
...developed various justifications for this aspect of my personality. Professional sports frequently glorify violence, undermine college and even high school academics, and divert badly needed public funds for wasteful expenditures like stadium construction. My father, a professor at the large public university in my hometown, mutters bitterly every time more money is allocated to the athletic program rather than to the sociology department. I grumble along with...
...expecting a bonus, try to arrange for it to come in January rather than December. (It's when your employer writes the check, not when you deposit it, that determines the year in which it must be declared as income.) You also may be able to divert all or part of the bonus into your 401(k) plan, so check with your plan administrator...