Word: moneyed
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What that money will buy is the most pertinent fact about the OED2, at least to prospective customers. In essence, the new edition collates into alphabetical order three distinct elements: 1) the first OED, largely unchanged, although some errors and lapses have been corrected; 2) the contents of the four supplements to the first edition, which appeared between 1972 and 1986; and 3) roughly 5,000 words or expressions that have gained currency since the early...
With help from Hartje, the fourth line has become the "money line"--paying off dividends and pleasing the crowd...
...most moderate guise, supply-side theory says that greasing the palms of the rich and swelling the coffers of corporations induces them to invest that money for productive purposes. More radical supply-siders say that cutting marginal tax rates in the top brackets spurs productivity so much that total tax revenues increase...
...Their purpose was to subvert the lawful operation of the government's procurement process," the company said. Savaides, who the company contends was defrauding Teledyne by taking money from Parkin, has pleaded guilty and is awaiting sentencing...
...books, Windows of Opportunity. Contributing members of this partnership "coincidentally" included several who benefitted from lucrative government contracts in Gingrich's district. Although Newt says he will respond to charges of impropriety in this case, he has already admitted that it is unusual that such large sums of money were raised to publicize a minor political book...