Word: exploiter
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...addition, the Democratic incumbent collects $22.50 a day in "travel expenses" to go from Cambridge to Barre--a fact that his opponent in the November election is planning to exploit for all it is worth...
Such nuances in the public mood went unheard in the shouting of naysayers. Said Linda DiVall, a Republican pollster: "The members in opposition are in sync with what their constituents think." First to exploit this sentiment on the right was Newt Gingrich of Georgia, long a spokesman for Republicans still enthralled with Reaganomics. He temporarily relinquished his post as House Republican whip to lead a crusade against the tax increases at the heart of the measure. "This budget package with its higher taxes will deepen the recession and increase the number of unemployed," he said. Gingrich urged a freeze...
...These men are of diverse backgrounds, grousing (but never cynical), scared (but never immobilized), setting aside their small, usually comical, differences to form a unit that, in both efficiency and common decency, no tyranny could hope to beat. The presence of a smarmy p.r. officer (John Lithgow), eager to exploit the crew in a home-front media campaign celebrating their democratic virtues, signals the filmmakers' awareness of wartime fabulism. But their own nostalgic prettifications are hardly more realistic, or penetrating...
...Crimson was not able to exploit the poor defensive coverage of Cornell, opting to bang away at the block rather than exposing the holes on the court with dinks and placement shots...
...first time, Iraq threatens to launch a first strike. Should Bush exploit a legal loophole to order a hit on Saddam? From shopkeeper to minister, Iraqis believe battle is unavoidable. Perhaps that is why so few seem truly enthusiastic about their leader. Israel steps up its defenses...