Word: largesse
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...With Saddam's power broken the need for a revolt has passed. By extension there is no need to create a new paramilitary force of uncertain loyalty. It would be better to disarm and disband this little army before it grows, through American largess, into another force to oppress the population here. It is time to give democracy a chance to flourish. That will not happen if armed thugs are allowed to dominate a rebuilding civil society. Special Forces teams have done a lot to assist in the successful invasion of Iraq. However, their military mission in An Najaf...
...food shortage they relaxed the no looting rules and opened these locations for a local free for all. What ensued was dozens of miniature reenactments of the storming the Bastille. Hundreds of people rushed into the buildings, emptying them of foodstuffs, furniture, farm tools and even lighting fixtures. This largess improved the lives of the fast, the young and the strong. It did nothing to help the woman with six hungry children to feed...
What about alumni largess? Here too Oxford is playing catch-up to the U.S. With the government trying to wean many cultural and educational institutions from state funding, virtually all of them have started to hustle the same limited group of donors. But middle-class Brits are a tough sell, because tax breaks have not been as generous as in the U.S. and because they graduated when government picked up the whole...
...married couples from the 28-percent to the 15-percent tax bracket, regardless of whether they were affected by the marriage penalty or not. As a result, according to the research group Citizens for Tax Justice, the plan would give almost two-thirds of its ten-year, $182 billion largess to families with incomes over $75,000 a year...
Jackson next turned to historical analysis of current events involving affirmative action. He gave examples he said show that the wealth that white Americans have built up is primarily the result of government largess...