Word: pocketing
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This month, Chamorro vetoed legislation intended to roll back the giveaway, prompting her own coalition to accuse her of betraying voters. The U.S. has volunteered to pay to recover weapons from Sandinista and ex-contra civilians, a policy Managua does not favor because it fears former Sandinistas will pocket the cash and get other guns, possibly from the army...
...option. Or roll out and hit receivers downfield. Or dish off to a back. Or scramble for yards. Or drop back into the pocket and go long...
...perhaps the day's most impressive play came off of the 79-yard Hail Mary bomb that was called back. Giardi withstood the pressure in the pocket and struck deep. The ability to throw long was one of Harvard's offensive weaknesses last year...
They -- the bosses -- wish. But the men with the money know they have had to hand a lot out to get a lot more back. And Arnold or Sly Stallone didn't need an Uzi to coax $12 million out of a production chief's pocket. Considering the current wave of penny-pinching promises, Variety's Art Murphy predicts that "smaller will be better. Until a producer overpays a star for a film that turns into a monster hit." And the cycle will continue, as long as people are fascinated by the mystery of charisma and will...
...Florida case as a law-enforcement debacle. "I was personally | infuriated," Blum said. He argued that the plea bargain gave B.C.C.I. immunity from future prosecutions based on evidence in the case -- a charge that Justice disputes. Von Raab, sporting a yellow handkerchief that drooped flower-like from his breast pocket, called the settlement "a shameless agreement" and "a disaster in terms of the punishment that should have been meted out." He said B.C.C.I. had raked in some $200 million from the money- laundering scheme, which undercover customs agents exposed in a sting operation...