Word: exploitative
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...haven’t played against [Danis], but we’ve watched some tape, so we know what his tendencies are,” Moore said. “We’ll try to watch him early in the first game to see if we can exploit some weaknesses, but we have to get to the net and create some chances...
...high a price. After all, JROTC teaches kids how to act and think like soldiers before they are old enough to know their own mind. Critics argue that because such programs are among the few sources of additional funding for some of the nation's neediest schools, they exploit poor kids by putting them on a military track, to the exclusion of other options. The debate has heated up as a growing number of school districts have begun offering JROTC, while others in such cities as Oakland, Calif., and Chicago have scrapped conventional teaching methods to convert some schools into...
Later on, as I looked back upon a day in which I had awoke with a vicious hangover, traveled across state lines to exploit lax gun laws, dulled my senses by firing many absurdly big and loud guns and, finally, sated my animal hunger with bloody meat, I could not help but think that, for one day, I had lived the American dream. With a vengeance...
...orchestrated by a government bureaucracy. Despite a burgeoning fan base, all of the 13 Division I clubs are losing money. Inexperienced team owners and heavy-handed government restrictions have prevented the league from realizing the most lucrative sponsorships and licensing deals. "The CBA just doesn't understand how to exploit the TV rights and merchandising potential of the sport," says Richard Avory, a Beijing consultant and former manager of league promotion for IMG, the global sports marketing company that owned all CBA rights until last year...
...take a number of years for the politicians and moneymen to understand and adapt to all these power shifts. Along the way, you can bet on them looking for loopholes to exploit...