Word: tanks
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...many observers are skeptical that the National Assembly investigation, even with such bombshell timing, will have much of an effect on the vote. "I don't think it will change the outcome of the election," says Paik Haksoon, a senior fellow at the Sejong Institute, a Seoul-based think tank. However, he adds, "it could lower support for Lee significantly." Assuming Lee wins at the ballot box, it's possible he could still face a criminal investigation; while the constitution prohibits the prosecution of a sitting President for any crime other than treason, it makes no mention of a President...
With just over $100,000 cash on hand, and having decided not to run for re-election in Congress, Tancredo is down to just a few aides, one of whom, not seeing the irony, signs off her campaign e-mails for "Tank" Tancredo with "Keep on Tankin'." The Colorado Congressman says he was never running to win; he just wanted to move his anti-amnesty, pro-assimilation agenda to the forefront of the party's agenda. But now it seems as if he's wondering if he's the wrong messenger. And if he'll be glad when...
...success was not guaranteed in advance. The Kremlin is a piranha tank of factions. In order to keep the money flowing into social welfare, Medvedev bared his teeth at predators in the security services and the military-industrial lobby - and, against the quoted odds, he survived and flourished...
...Seattle biofuel company Imperium Renewables, which just opened the nation's largest biodiesel plant there. The four-month-old refinery positively gleams (and smells vaguely like lawn clippings because of the vegetable oil used to make the biodiesel). As he scales a 500,000-gallon (1.9 million L) holding tank, plant manager Sid Watts can't conceal his pride. He points to the dock, where ships bring in vegetable oil from places like Indonesia and Malaysia, and to the rail terminal, where trains will help transport 100 million gallons (380 million L) of biodiesel a year to Imperium's customers...
...Chen spent a year away from Harvard in 2001-2002, working for an employee benefits advocacy group that represents the interests of major companies. And in 2004, he worked at the Heritage Foundation, a conservative think tank based in Washington...