Word: handout
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 2000-2009
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...Harvard could limit, as Princeton does, the level of corporate exposure to insure that our athletic events remain the focus of the crowd--while reaping millions to improve our 41 varsity programs. Perhaps we don't need the money, but that doesn't mean we shouldn't accept a handout...
When Robert O. Krikorian says "We're not asking for a handout, we're not asking for a free ride. We just want some help," his plea may sound familiar to Cambridge residents accustomed to ducking the homeless in Harvard Square...
...hoops with no basis in existing science before becoming eligible to file suit. Even greater obstacles to compensation would be placed in front of the spouse or children of asbestos workers who contracted lung cancer from breathing fibers off of work clothes. All of this would come as a handout to the main asbestos defendants, such as W.R. Grace and Owens-Corning, who have told their stockholders that their profits are not expected to suffer due to asbestos suits. Luckily, an assurance of a Presidential veto helped keep this monstrosity from getting to the floor, but under a new administration...
Even so, that term--voucher--has proved to be radioactive in politics. Former candidate Bill Bradley learned that lesson when Gore used the word to paint Bradley's health-care plan as a paltry handout. There is a long history of such scorching moments in fights over health-care reform, particularly when they involve Medicare, a program that is literally a life-and-death matter to the nation's most engaged voting bloc, the elderly. Gingrich found out the hard way as he tried to restructure the program in 1995 to squeeze hundreds of billions of dollars...
...Even so, that term--voucher--has proved to be radioactive in politics. Former candidate Bill Bradley learned that lesson when Gore used the word to paint Bradley's health-care plan as a paltry handout. There is a long history of such scorching moments in fights over health-care reform, particularly when they involve Medicare, a program that is literally a life-and-death matter to the nation's most engaged voting bloc, the elderly. Gingrich found out the hard way as he tried to restructure the program in 1995 to squeeze hundreds of billions of dollars...