Word: tooled
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Sununu prevents Bush from hearing frank counsel from savvier advisers on domestic policy, which hampered the White House's ability to handle the budget crisis. The problem isn't access; Bush still sees many domestic advisers. But Sununu has most of them scared to disagree with him. One Sununu tool is aide Ed Rogers, who spends much of his time wielding a yellow highlighting pen, marking up articles critical of his boss and guessing the identities of the reporter's sources. Sununu then harasses the hapless suspects...
Magdy Barsoum, manager of the Inglewood branch of American National Insurance Co., told the Times that the gory articles were an effective sales tool and that business was "fantastic." He added that half the policies sold, mostly to welfare recipients, insured the lives of children. A company spokesman promptly disavowed the high-pressure sales tactics and promised an investigation...
...ties to Marcos. In another transaction, a Marcos crony lent Hamilton $6 million, including $4 million that was secured by the actor's Beverly Hills estate. Hamilton later sold the home to a buyer close to Marcos. While Hamilton's lawyer conceded that his client may have been a "tool for someone," he argued that the actor "would not knowingly participate in any transaction that has any taint...
...economically weaker countries of southern Europe -- Greece, Spain, Portugal -- also have reservations. Their principal fear is that once a single currency is created, they would lose the power to devalue their money, a useful tool for boosting exports and dealing with trade deficits...
...very much of a political holiday in many ways. It's a political tool to maintain a gay presence on campus," BGLSA Co-Chair Sheila C. Allen '93 said...