Word: pawning
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 2000-2009
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...call Geisel greedy, or a pawn of corporate interests, would be a mistake. Much of her income is earmarked for philanthropy, and she's driven the same gray Cadillac, with a GRINCH license plate, since 1985. And truth be told, Dr. Seuss himself wasn't averse to seeing his art in other forms. He issued some licenses when he was living. In the early 1980s, he expressed interest in seeing his work turned into video games, and at the time of his death he was writing the screen adaptation of Oh, the Places...
Sachs said the IMF, which makes loans to developing nations, should be all but abolished because it is a pawn of U.S. interests. Soros said reforming the IMF would be more effective...
...Maybe investors didn't like playing pawn in the never-ending campaign; maybe they remember Dubya henchman Jim Baker as a member of the administration that presided over the last American recession. Probably they're dealing with their own issues, like slowing sales growth, disappointing corporate earnings and the prospect that Greenspan's "soft landing" might actually be quite hard on everybody...
...Maybe investors didn't like playing pawn in the never-ending campaign; maybe they remember Dubya henchman Jim Baker as a member of the administration that presided over the last American recession. Probably they're dealing with their own issues, like slowing sales growth, disappointing corporate earnings and the prospect that Greenspan's "soft landing" might actually be quite hard on everybody...
...call Geisel greedy or a pawn of corporate interests would be a mistake. Much of her income is earmarked for philanthropy, and she's driven the same gray Cadillac, with a GRINCH license plate, since 1985. And truth be told, Dr. Seuss himself wasn't averse to seeing his art in other forms. He issued some licenses when he was living. In the early 1980s, he expressed interest in seeing his work turned into video games, and at the time of his death he was writing the screen adaptation of "Oh, the Places...