Word: ulterior
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...according to Counihan, Banker has asked the court to dismiss the case on grounds that McMillan had an ulterior motive--to get Banker involved in her fight to stop development on the University-owned Harvard Motor House site...
Dixon, of course, may have ulterior motives.The city's tiny minority of registered Republicanshas not had a representative on the council sinceCornelia B. Wheeler retired in 1969. And a returnto a ward-based system would almost inevitablystrengthen political parties...
When cable-TV titan Ted Turner bought a 110,000-acre Montana cattle ranch for $22 million earlier this month, his new neighbors suspected ulterior motives. They imagined that Turner, who earlier had bought 21,000 acres nearby, might carve up the scenic Rocky Mountain property for homesites or even sell part of it to a New Age cult...
...official Xinhua News Agency said today's People's Daily newspaper contained a commentary that warned, "Social turmoil can only do good to an extremely small number of people with ulterior motives...
...campaign asserted at the time that Jackson could not be reached, but Hatcher counters that The secret service is able to get hold of any presidential candidate at any time. Hatcher adds, however, that the mistake was due to the relative inexperience of the Dukakis organization rather than some "ulterior or sinister motive...