Word: sacking
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They never had to be, until the corporate trust scandals landed on the President and Vice President like a sack of nickels. At issue is whether the two men benefited during their business careers from the same kind of cronyism and slippery accounting that the Administration is now publicly condemning. The day before Bush was scheduled to deliver a speech meant to spank Wall Street, he held a press conference to advertise his standing as a Main Street kind of guy. He wanted to show small investors, says an aide, that he "shared their outrage...
...They never had to be, until the corporate trust scandals landed on the President and Vice President like a sack of nickels. At issue is whether the two men benefited during their business careers from the same kind of cronyism and slippery accounting that the Administration is now publicly condemning. The day before Bush was scheduled to deliver a speech meant to spank Wall Street, he held a press conference to advertise his standing as a Main Street kind of guy. He wanted to show small investors, says an aide, that he "shared their outrage...
...JUNG HWAN, 26, SOUTH KOREA Scoring the Golden Goal that knocked out the Italians certainly elevated his value. At week's end, he had reportedly signed a new deal with his Italian side Perugia?after the club had first said it would sack him for saying that Korean football was better than the Italian sort. VALUE: $6.5 million, up from $1.5 million...
Unsung heroes also contributed greatly to one of the best Crimson defensive units in history. In the second week of the season, senior defensive lineman Marc Laborsky stepped up his intensity in the absence of injured sophomore linebacker Dante Balestracci and finished the day with five tackles, one sack, a fumble recovery and an interception. Laborsky, along with Balestracci and Alford, were later unanimous First Team All-Ivy selections...
...that year, police discovered the body of Carol Christensen, 21, in a wooded roadside area in Maple Valley, Wash. She had been strangled with fishing line. A paper sack had been pulled over her head, a trout had been placed on her neck and another on her shoulder; a wine bottle was left on her belly, and there was a mound of sausage near her body. Police speculate that the strange scene could have been a twisted biblical reference to the Last Supper. They also suspect that the killer was mocking them by making a tableau out of the victim...