Word: lend
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...Democratic presidential race is starting to get down to serious decision time. Whom will voters go for, Dave Matthews or Michael Bolton? They are among the pop stars who are lining up to raise money or otherwise lend their support to one candidate or another. Here's a rundown of who's backing whom--and whether the matches make any political sense. --By Kate Novack...
Meanwhile, the injury bug made another stop by Jordan Field, as junior midfielder Shelley Maasdorp joined tri-captain Kate McDavitt on the sidelines. Standing with her teammates near the bench, Maasdorp cheered loudly, but her vocal contribution was the only support she was able to lend to Harvard...
...went to a club, he would always buy really expensive cognac and then buy drinks for other people." Saito's son, Tsunehisa Saito, who worked with Katsu for more than 20 years, says, "He was a really caring, very generous man. If somebody asked him, he would lend money even if he didn't have it. So, in order to do that, he had to borrow money from someone else." Among his creditors was Chieko Saito. According to Tsunehisa, she first lent the actor money in the 1970s to save his debt-plagued film company, Katsu Productions. Despite her help...
...having accounts that can be easily frozen. Powell phoned Arab and European leaders for help in pressuring the Palestinian Authority. He even broke the Administration's silent treatment toward Arafat, appealing to the sidelined President, who still wields considerable power over the Authority, for help. Powell wants Arafat to lend the Authority the security forces under his control to make Abbas strong enough to challenge the militants. According to a Palestinian source, before he acts, Abbas wants guarantees from Arafat, including a written statement supporting a strike against Hamas. Even then, the prospect of fraternal bloodshed might daunt the Palestinian...
...long served as point man in contacts with Pyongyang, resigned in the wake of complaints that he'd told the North Korans that Bolton had expressed personal views. No, said the hawks - and the White House concurred - Bolton spoke for the administration. But his perspective doesn't exactly lend itself to the pursuit of an agreement with North Korea, and the Chinese and South Koreans fear that the U.S. may simply be going through the motions of negotiation as a prelude to a more confrontational stance. Even if that may be overstating the case, clearly the Washington policy stalemate over...