Word: suit
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 2000-2009
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...anti-anyone. I think Senator Clinton is a great senator, and she’d make a terrific candidate if she decides to run...In terms of the photo-op, let’s put it like this: I didn’t wear a clown suit. [Laughs.] The main thing was, this guy took photos for five hours! This guy was a great photographer, he took some great pictures—I don’t know where all the good ones ended...
...gift to Bill Ceverha, the former treasurer of Texas Republicans for a Republican Majority (TRMPAC), the political action committee at the heart of Texas District Attorney Ronnie Earle's investigation of DeLay's funding for redistricting efforts. Ceverha is the only one, so far, found culpable in a civil suit for TRMPAC's alleged illegal maneuvers. Perry helped Ceverha pay his legal fees and, as a member of a state pension board, Ceverha was obliged to report the gift. The Texas Ethics Commission, to the chagrin of several Texas newspaper editorial pages, has said Ceverha does not need to detail...
...descendants of Qing-dynasty kung fu master Huo Yuanjia, whom Li portrayed in the recent film Fearless; in Beijing. Huo's relatives say that the movie contains many inaccuracies about his life?for example, that he killed innocent people for sport?and maligns the family's reputation. The suit, which also names as defendants the movie's producers and distributors, calls for the film to be pulled from theaters and a public apology to be issued...
...controversial round-the-clock form of therapy that spurred the musician's comeback in the early '80s; in Honolulu. In 1989 Landy surrendered his license for two years after a state board found him grossly negligent for conduct including improperly prescribing drugs for Wilson. After the settlement of a suit against him by Wilson's family, Landy was barred from contacting the rocker, who often insisted that Landy "saved my life...
...measure, the $36 billion in profits that ExxonMobil earned last year is staggering. While corporate critics cavil, shareholders see a company simply doing what companies are supposed to do--earning money. Given Exxon's riches, though, the 32,677 claimants in a 17-year-old suit pursuing a $4.5 billion damage award from Exxon for its 1989 Valdez oil spill are puzzled: Why doesn't the world's largest and most profitable oil company just pay the victims and move on? Exxon recently argued its third appeal of the award handed out by a jury in 1994 as punishment...