Word: screwing
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...Still, the rest of Europe will be watching closely. "Older member states want to see if a former Warsaw Pact country can be counted on for this responsibility," says Andrew Duff, a British Liberal Democrat member of the European Parliament. "If the Czechs screw up, it would strengthen the French-led arguments for a directory of big member states to take over the management...
...sovereignty, which is another way of saying majority rule, means just that. We can make sure that majorities are reflective, deliberative and that they consider what they are doing before they are doing it - but at the end of the day, majorities can change the rules in ways that screw over the minorities. We may not like it, but we generally acknowledge that as lawful...
...Franken side is pushing for more ballots to be included in the recount, partly because it has nothing to lose (it's behind) and partly because, historically, Democrats screw up their ballots more often than Republicans. They're the shaky-handed elderly, the movement-limited disabled, the instruction-confused immigrants, the first-time-voting minorities. But despite this tension, the two law teams have been pleasant toward each other. Franken lead attorney Marc Elias, who was head counsel for the John Kerry campaign, says, "It's been cordial. I've met Coleman's lawyer, Mr. Knaak, three times. He seems...
...really important—it gives you legitimacy, especially when you have a group of people,” he says. “It’s saying, ‘Even though I’m a white kid, I’m not here to screw...
...with the state will be short-lived. Every time there has been a perceived crisis of capitalism in recent decades, the government's economic role has swelled. But inevitably, this process gets thrown into reverse and the free market stages a rousing comeback. That's because governments can screw up economies just as effectively - in fact, more effectively - than free markets...