Word: expendability
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...accomplish this, Clinton had to rely on regressive sales taxes rather than expend further energy trying to work an income tax through the constitutional baffles. He had to cut corners and improvise in ways that less hamstrung governments avoid. "Clinton is criticized for using corporate jets to get around the state, but every politician does that here," says Diane Blair. "Otherwise you don't go anywhere. I have seen Hillary fly through black storms to get to a high school graduation where they are waiting for her. She would never make it if some firm in the town...
...considering reforms. The Senate Judiciary Committee has called for a blue-ribbon panel to study whether the entire 1,568-page bankruptcy code should be overhauled. The panel would also consider speedy alternatives to Chapter 11 proceedings, which last about two years on average and force companies to expend vast sums of scarce cash on legal and accounting fees...
...feel obligated to use "Sammy"--call me any nickname you please, or even expend a little energy and blurt out "Jonathan." But whatever you choose, make sure that don't get lazy and call me "Jon"--the legal name of millions of bona fide individuals worldwide. if you know what's good...
...have to understand where the engine is. The engine is manufacturing. So you take whatever bullets you have and you expend them to get the engine & running. When the engine runs, then you go on to other kinds of things. Now, the components for me would...
...holds few strong personal views. Having transformed himself from a progressive Republican into a Reaganite in order to become Vice President, Bush lost his policy compass. On the domestic scene, his strength has been politics, not ideas. Where there is no existing political consensus, Bush has been unwilling to expend any of his political ^ popularity in order to lead the nation...