Word: levered
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...little blackhats. Each one of us was required to pour. Since Icame from a background where tea was dispensedeither from a tea pot or a tea kettle, I was notprepared for the samovar used at formal teas. Whenmy turn came to pour, I was horrified to discoverthat moving the lever right or left failed to stemthe tide of tea. Just as my first poured cup wasabout to rise over the top, a dean rushed over andpushed the lever to the shut-off position in themiddle. This information has subsequently been ofno use to me whatsoever...
...reshape the relationship between banks and customers. In a nonstop tango of bits and bills, the computers at the new Citigroup or at BankAmerica will zip through accounts looking for better ways to make money for both you and the bank. And the banks will use that efficiency to lever into the most profitable parts of the financial world: investment banking, stock underwriting and insurance...
Lewinsky has reportedly denied the affair in a sworn affidavit given to Starr, which he is now using as a lever. If he is able to "flip" her by threatening to bring criminal charges against her, it would set up a "he said, she said" standoff, with an uncertain outcome. But if she sticks to her denial--and says any claims of an affair on Tripp's tapes were just talk--Starr might have a difficult time. Of course, any tapes of Clinton leaving a message on Lewinsky's answering machine, if they exist, might help Starr. He could also...
Because American justice grinds on so slowly, because the appeals process in death-penalty cases often lasts years, juveniles who face capital punishment are almost always adults by the time the sentence is carried out. The aging perhaps makes it easier to flip the switch or pull the lever. But it also makes it harder to connect the criminal to the crime. "By the time the state gets around to executing these people, the kid who committed the crime no longer exists," says lawyer David Bruck, who is handling the appeal of Joseph Hudgins, 22, who was convicted of murder...
...Congress will have its own commission to study the issue. Pentagon officials already are concerned that if the military rejects the Baker panel's suggestions, conservatives on Capitol Hill will use the study as a lever to push for legislation banning mixed-gender basic training altogether. In what may be an analogous situation, the Administration lost control of a military issue when its unilateral effort to allow openly gay men and women to serve in uniform created a fire storm of opposition in Congress. The result, on that occasion, was a law barring active homosexuals from serving in the military...