Word: ill
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Indian gaming interests have come up with a one-two punch that is helping them get their way with politicians. Indian constituents, acknowledged as long-suffering victims of ill-conceived government policies, often succeed at requesting political favors. Meanwhile, they or their wealthy backers are dumping money--staggering amounts of it--into political campaigns, lobbying and state ballot initiatives. This combination has helped create the out-of-control world of Indian gaming, a world where the leaders of newly wealthy tribes have so much political power that they can flout the rights of neighboring communities, poorer tribes and even some...
...second half, we took lots of ill-advised shots,” said Harvard coach Frank Sullivan. “Vermont made it interesting...
...proposal amounted to an “ill-conceived budget-driven band-aid,” said Fitzgerald parent Sylvia Seniper...
...easier for children to learn in whichever medium they understand best. It also helps when it comes to recruiting teachers, as the instructors don't have to learn a new lesson every week and can specialize in what they do best. At First Presbyterian Church of Arlington Heights, Ill., adult "shepherds" recently guided teams of children to five stations that taught the lesson of David and Goliath: Mary's and Martha's Bed & Breakfast had storytelling on a Persian-style rug; Creation Station was an activity corner with art projects; Acts of Faith Theater featured a play; Kingdom.com offered Internet...
...Except it didn't work out that way. A respected executive whose blunt talk the President at first found refreshing, O'Neill never emerged as a persuasive advocate for the Administration's economic policy--in part because he never accepted its central belief that the cure for any ill is more tax cuts. So it made a kind of Washington sense that Cheney was the one to telephone O'Neill one afternoon last week with the news that the President had decided "to make a change...