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...minorities are not receptive to the Republican brand is poor messaging, rather than fundamental policy differences—was highly misguided. It is only just, therefore, that the RNC has suffered so much unintentional humiliation at the hands of the man they appointed out of what seem to be ulterior motives...

Author: By The Crimson Staff | Title: You Reap What You Sow | 4/5/2010 | See Source »

...Last month, Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou blamed his country's economic meltdown on "an attack on the euro zone by certain other interests, political or financial. We are being targeted, particularly with an ulterior motive or agenda." And according to Spain's El Pais newspaper, agents at the country's National Intelligence Center are investigating whether "attacks by investors and the hostility shown by some sectors of the British and U.S. press" amount to "collusion." "None of what is happening, including editorials in some foreign media with their apocalyptic commentaries, is happening by chance or innocently," Spanish Transport Minister...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: What Caused the Euro Crisis? | 2/26/2010 | See Source »

...Interior Ministry has denied any ulterior motives in Magnitsky's detention, saying he was being held solely because of the tax evasion charges. (Browder says those charges were without merit.) In April, a Moscow court convicted a sawmill foreman, Viktor Markelov, of fraud in connection with the raider scam, sentencing him to five years in prison. The verdict mentions only "unidentified persons" as Markelov's co-conspirators and does not include any reference to the Hermitage subsidiaries being stolen. But the company says Markelov was likely just a bit player and notes the $230 million has yet to be returned...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Danger of Doing Business in Russia | 12/19/2009 | See Source »

More importantly, every action suddenly has some ulterior cosmic meaning. These predictions are starting to whittle away at my sense of autonomy...

Author: By Asli A. Bashir, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Reading the Signs | 11/19/2009 | See Source »

Following the lecture, one audience member asked whether Spitzer would comment on whether the revelations leading to his resignation were exposed due to someone’s ulterior motives, but Spitzer refrained from commenting...

Author: By Danielle J. Kolin | Title: Spitzer Discusses Economic Crisis | 11/13/2009 | See Source »

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