Word: tooled
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...exchange for welfare. He still had trouble placating his five or six different "bosses," from parole to welfare to his mother. "I can do time. It's living I can't do," he said once. But he had moments of certain victory, like the time Janean gave him a tool kit for Father's Day--his first Father's Day gift ever--and the day his eldest brother trusted him with his phone number. At every family gathering, Sanders took pictures with his disposable cameras until he was begged to stop...
...power to effect a meaningful peace with Israel? To label Israelis terrorists because they retaliate in kind for the murderous acts of militant Palestinians is the height of irrational thinking. When Arafat walked away from the 2000 Camp David peace process, it was positive proof that he was a tool of the radicals who control him. ALBERT E. DENNY Baltimore...
...actions of other people." In a normal case, that might not be so hard - there doesn't seem to be any physical evidence linking him to the conspiracy - but in this case, the charge itself will work against the defendant, says Pollack. "The conspiracy charge is a very powerful tool for prosecutors. If Moussaoui did enter into a conspiracy, he is legally responsible not only for what he did, but for what his co-conspirators have done in the furthering of the conspiracy" - or at least what he could have foreseen them doing when he opted to join the conspiracy...
...cultivating the leadership only, Bush was trying to create a wartime executive committee that could dictate its will to Congress. Where Clinton had, as a governing tool, courted conflict with Newt Gingrich, Bob Dole and even Democrats, Bush thought charming the congressional leadership would yield better results. Like his father, Bush puts politicians into two breeds: on the one hand, "good men" (and women) who can get things done, and on the other hand, obstructionist poseurs. And good men can hail from either party. It's why Bush gives out his highest praise to liberal archenemy Ted Kennedy...
...Explosives are the weapon of choice for the extremely disaffected. Firearms are difficult to buy in China, but dynamite and combustible fertilizer are widely available?despite a government crackdown on the sale of incendiary material. They have found new use as a tool to exact revenge on former lovers, business partners or government officials. State newspapers have urged tense citizens to adopt a Zen-like attitude?even get professional help should they be feeling too stressed. Worried by the increased violence, the government has beefed up the police force. A dragnet has nabbed some bombers. In the northeastern city...