Word: pocketing
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...United States wishes to oppose these changes by its "rapid deployment force," by permanent power pressure against countries pursuing a policy unpalatable to it. This is a dangerous line. Indeed, is it the Cuban teachers schooling children in Nicaragua who are searching for concessions for Cuba or trying to pocket the wealth of that country? Did the valiant sons of Cuba give military support to independent Ethiopia and Angola at the request of their governments in order to deprive them of their freedom or to interfere in their affairs? No, a thousand times...
...give a rebuff to the aggression, repulse the attacks of the bandit gangs operating primarily from Pakistan territory, Washington and Peking raised an unprecedented hue and cry. The Soviet Union was accused of all imaginable sins: an ambition to make a breakthrough to the warm seas, an intention to pocket foreign oil, etc. The actual reason for that campaign of slander was the collapse of the plans to draw Afghanistan into the orbit of imperialist politics and to create a threat to our country from the south. Now life in Afghanistan is gradually returning to normal...
...case, less color on the screen will certainly mean more money in one's pocket...
...banks. The firm used money from borrowed bonds to generate capital. It would sell the bonds at prices that were high because of several months of accumulated interest. The money from the sale would be greater than what Drysdale had paid for bonds put up as collateral. It would pocket some of the difference, using the money to cover expenses instead of paying interest obligations...
...Broadway 30 years ago, but Shirley MacLaine, 49, gave up her theater career when Hollywood beckoned. This April, however, she will make a rare appearance on the boards when she returns to her song-and-dance roots in a five-week stint at Manhattan's Gershwin Theater. The pocket-size review will feature four back-up dancers and an original score by Marvin Hamlisch (A Chorus Line, They're Playing Our Song). Says MacLaine: "I'll keep dancing and singing until my legs get as low as my notes." The fiery actress is currently basking in critical...