Word: wiring
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...Abramoff and a partner were indicted for conspiracy and wire fraud in connection with their 2000 purchase of SunCruz Casinos. In the middle of contentious negotiations over the sale, Ney condemned the seller, Konstantinos "Gus" Boulis, on the floor of the House, implying he was skirting the law. Several months later, Ney praised Abramoff's partner in the purchase as someone who could transform SunCruz "from a questionable enterprise to an upstanding establishment." Several months after that, in March 2001, Abramoff, his partner and three other SunCruz associates each contributed $1,000 to Ney at a fundraiser they...
...roads in the area, restricted to Israelis, run through barren no-go zones where every tree and plant and dwelling has been bulldozed for a hundred yards. Thriving hothouses and comfortable red-roofed villas set in lush, green gardens spread across the dunes, huddling inside rings of razor wire and electric fence. Three-story military watchtowers draped in camouflage rear up out of back gardens, and tanks patrol the perimeters. The only Palestinians allowed within view are the laborers who come in each day to work in the hothouses. And when the Palestinians go home, they pass through military checkpoints...
...like the vodka and caviar pasta, as it does for its posh take on home cooking (try the delectable cottage pie). Another of H1's star draws is the whimsical lifestyle store Geo, tel: (66-2) 381 4324, where you can find everything from designer gardening tools to welded wire chandeliers...
...egalitarian forces of technology--and an impulse to take a big risk. Those traits are what had Gore worried about global warming decades ahead of almost everyone else and running for President before his 40th birthday. Under Bill Clinton, he pushed to reinvent the massive federal bureaucracy and wire every classroom to the Internet. In his unsuccessful 2000 presidential campaign, Gore once even considered bypassing his high-priced consultants and enlisting ordinary voters to make his campaign commercials--an approach that looks very much like the cable network he is about to launch. "He's a visionary," says Joel Hyatt...
...came down to the wire. It started being really stressful for everyone,” Tran says. “We all wanted to make it to the finals so badly. I think everyone was pretty stressed besides those who had already made the finals...