Word: mr
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...would argue the fact. Still, only very few among us would argue that our edicts are immortal, immutable, or even always pertinent. As our sitting attorney general once said: “Not every wrong, or even every violation of the law, is a crime.” If Mr. Mukasey’s mind can harbor such considerable doubt on the applicability of the law over which he nominally presides, the upstanding citizen must be permitted a degree of skepticism with regard to the more picayune demands of that same law (for example, speed limits, and the pettier larcenies...
Zardari always had a reputation for wheeling and dealing. When he was Investment Minister during Bhutto's second term, his alleged involvement in kickback scandals earned him the sobriquet "Mr. 10%." He spent 11 years in prison on charges of corruption, extortion and the murder of Bhutto's brother (a political rival), although he has never been convicted. In April he was finally acquitted of the murder charge. Pakistani governments led by both Bhutto's rival, Sharif, and Musharraf pursued money-laundering and corruption cases against Zardari in Britain, Spain and Switzerland. All charges were dropped last fall after...
...Useful Going that extra mile will label you as an asset: "It's time to become Mr. or Ms. Above and Beyond." Be a utility player who is capable of filling in anywhere, or be a specialist and razzle-dazzle your superiors...
...open to hearing [a subject's] point of view, but I must tell you that we are very thoroughly researched. It's not Larry King, with all due respect to Mr. King. When I come in, I come in armed and dangerous. But if somebody impresses me, I'll think about it more, and if I change my mind, I'll tell the audience...
...Without fear of the [U.S.] empire, I stand before the Bolivian people today and declare United States Ambassador Mr. Goldberg persona non grata," Morales said Wednesday afternoon, in a speech inaugurating a youth employment program. "We don't want people here who conspire against our unity. We don't want people who threaten our democracy...