Word: scheme
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...talked about the plan. But the tapes were provided by a dubious witness, Michael Fitzpatrick, a former schoolmate of Qubilah's who was also an FBI informer. Farrakhan himself was among the many who eventually labeled the whole affair a setup, charging that Fitzpatrick had pushed Qubilah into the scheme so he could turn her over in exchange for leniency on drug charges he faced...
Nagy says he has no exact scheme for how to expand the language curriculum for every student...
...been required to take it as a freshman, I would have resented it," Evans says. "In the general scheme of American life, I think we should all know foreign languages better, but I also think that people have different academic requirements and paths that don't always make that possible...
With inflation at its current low rate of 3%, the two alternatives are a wash for those in the highest tax bracket: a stock bought at $100 and rising 10% a year for a decade generates an after-tax profit of about $125 in either tax scheme. Now, all those who think inflation will remain at 3% forever, raise your hands. Hmmm, just what I thought. The risk is that inflation will pick up, and at just 4% annual inflation the numbers start to make indexing a better deal for individuals. That, unfortunately, translates into a cost for the government...
Barbour told TIME last week that the guarantee and settlement were "perfectly legal and totally appropriate." He was less charitable when describing the Democrats' foreign fund raising last fall. Two weeks before the election, Barbour criticized the Clinton White House for trying to "cover up this well-organized scheme of foreign contributions and influence peddling...