Word: exploitative
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...suit filed against the White House led to the DOJ investigation, that Justice took over the case simply to delay the civil action until President Clinton leaves office. So once again the mud is flying around the White House, a fact that its enemies lost no time trying to exploit. Noting that some of the lost files were addressed to Vice President Gore, George W. Bush immediately went on the attack. "There needs to be a controlling legal authority in the White House," he snickered while campaigning in Florida Thursday...
...Keynesian economics, postructuralism, relativity and now computerization: all are the results of great social debate and change, and all have their share of ugliness. Major shifts in human thought are not negotiated without some who recognize power in the new--the democratic, the economic, the wired--and seek to exploit...
...with destiny. This view is shared by the people around him, who are generally hard-edged campaign professionals. It is not an epic ideological battle; even the true lefties talk about Bush's "extremism" not as a threat to the social fabric but as a liability they intend to exploit. They probe him clinically, looking for weaknesses, soft spots. This isn't personal; it's just the way politics works...
...funky side. They both shave their heads, wear leather trousers, listen to techno-rock and call their lectures "gigs." Though flippantly argued, their book makes the serious point that we've entered an age in which time and talent are the most precious commodities. It shows how businesses can exploit the myriad opportunities in a world in which hierarchical corporations are passe, lifelong careers are rare and a company's most critical resource "walks out the door around 5:30 p.m. every...
...going to exploit McCain's destruction of government planes and his time in prison," Adams joked, referring to McCain's service in Vietnam...