Word: teeth
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...latest of a long line of rules promulgated since Congress, in 1863, first made it illegal for officials to make decisions that might affect their own financial interests. The 1978 act puts real teeth into that idea, requiring a more detailed disclosure of assets and thus opening up a broad range of hitherto ignored potential conflicts. In addition, the new law makes it much harder for officials to dump their holdings into a blind trust. Under that arrangement, a trustee exercises control over the assets, theoretically shielding the officeholder from conflicts of interest. Yet these devices tended to be what...
...interminable months in fetid "holding centers" in Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia and Hong Kong. Even today, the bobbing skiffs that still flee Viet Nam are prey to ruthless Thai pirates who rape the women and plunder the refugees' belongings - in one documented case, even the gold fillings from their teeth...
...Lawrence O'Donnell, 59, a onetime patrolman with a penchant for bold courtroom tactics and underdog clients (among them: three of the Brink's robbers). "He's a tiger," says one court official who has observed him over the years. "When he gets something in his teeth, he never lets go." For O'Donnell, Bowden's story touched a soft spot: O'Donnell's own mother had been widowed at an early age. He agreed to take the case...
...year ago. Because of lower labor costs, more efficient production and currency differences, a Toyota now sells in West Germany for up to 20% less than a Volkswagen. A recent cover on the German newsmagazine Der Spiegel showed a yellow car with slanted eyes for headlights and buck teeth projecting over the bumper. Since West Germany ships 27% of its national production of goods abroad, the Bonn government thinks that it cannot impose import restrictions on Japanese cars without risking a damaging trade war. But pressure from labor unions is growing. Volkswagen this week...
During years of tough rehabilitation, she taught herself to draw and paint, holding a pen or a brush between her teeth. Then came the speaking tours and writing, in which she uses her own faith to encourage the despairing and disabled. Last year she organized a national "ministry to those who suffer" called Joni and Friends. Based in Woodland Hills, Calif., it offers both spiritual and practical advice to as many as 2,000 letter writers each week...