Word: flush
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...faction devolved to the new leaders of those groups, who detest Suha. Top Palestinian officials say Suha wants the new chief of the P.L.O., Mahmoud Abbas, and Palestinian Prime Minister Ahmed Qurei to give her money out of the P.L.O.'s party coffers. But the organization is not as flush as it once was. A senior P.L.O. official says "they'll pay her a pension, and that...
Jane Blocker of the University of Minnesota took the assembled crowd in a completely different direction than traitorous produce. Her lecture “The Shame of Biological Being: Ann Hamilton, Molecular Biology, and the Flush of Subjectivity” discussed renowned artist Hamilton’s installation of an interactive lighting piece on the new molecular biology building of the University of Minnesota...
...seven-month-long Pakistani offensive designed to flush bin Laden from Waziristan has come up empty. The Pakistanis say bin Laden is hiding in Afghanistan, while the Afghans agree with the Americans that he's on the Pakistan side. Says Lieut. General David Barno, U.S. commander of coalition forces in Afghanistan: "They probably feel more protected by their foreign fighters in remote areas inside Pakistan...
...himself, but it was I who needed to find him. As July drew towards its end, we knew the best bathrooms in Kyoto, yet still didn’t have an essay topic. I, however, did get the epiphany: when it comes to family, sometimes you just have to flush your carefully laid plans down the drain...
Social-networking firms claim their software can help close sales about 25% faster, assuming they can overcome some workplace resistance. Skeptics are turned off by the notion of software sifting through their electronic Rolodexes, calendars and e-mail; and a rising star flush with contacts might not relish sharing them with a co-worker--particularly one who might be competing for the same promotion...