Word: purport
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...gaffe to embarrass Bush, and he probably won't trumpet his foreign policy credentials in the homestretch. That's partly a bow to public passivity, and perhaps an acknowledgment that the proper course for U.S. foreign policy is anything but clear. Besides, voters are known to punish candidates who purport to know too much. Late in the 1992 campaign, President Bush ridiculed the expertise of Clinton and Gore. "My dog Millie," he said, "knows more about foreign affairs than these two bozos." The bozos...
...gaffe to embarrass Bush, and he probably won't trumpet his foreign policy credentials in the homestretch. That's partly a bow to public passivity, and perhaps an acknowledgment that the proper course for U.S. foreign policy is anything but clear. Besides, voters are known to punish candidates who purport to know too much. Late in the 1992 campaign, President Bush ridiculed the expertise of Clinton and Gore. "My dog Millie," he said, "knows more about foreign affairs than these two bozos." The bozos...
...many PBHA students say they are confused by the complex governing structure created by the 1997 agreement. Two separate bodies purport to oversee PBHA's operations. One is the Board of Trustees, of which eight of 18 are students. The other is the PBHA Cabinet, made up entirely of students...
...underhanded method by which the Cambridge City Council proposed a salary hike for its own members, although technically and procedurally sound, is a sad example of public officials deliberately misleading those they purport to serve...
...hope that when the Supreme Court announces their decision this summer, they will have taken into account the fact that the very entities they might purport to be protecting by striking down VAWA have adamantly protested against such protection. It would be a shame to compromise a piece of legislation that accomplishes so much for women's civil rights for an ulterior motive of preserving some misplaced notion of federalism...