Word: wrongfulness
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...certainly at odds with the hidebound image of the military I'd grown up with. I became an auxiliary member of the counterinsurgency cult - in theory. When it came time to apply it in Iraq, I had my doubts. It seemed too little, too late. But I was wrong, and the surge's relative success was attributable in no small part to the general's creative flexibility...
...postponed twice, and the venue changed. A major sponsor pulled out just days before for unspecified reasons, reducing the organizers to a "shoestring budget," and prospective foreign buyers were asked not to hazard the journey. But cancellation was never an option. "When was the last time something wrong was not happening in this country?" Deepak Perwani, the longtime enfant terrible of Pakistani fashion, says with gruff insouciance. "I mean, really. Life...
...would think that Lieberman’s superiors in the Democratic caucus would punish an action this blatantly immoral. One would be wrong. Majority Leader Sen. Harry Reid has “respect for [Lieberman’s] views,” fellow Sen. Tom Carper told The Hill. “I don’t even know if this is a punishable offense,” an anonymous Senate Democratic aide mused...
...were guilty of mail and wire fraud for trading on names mentioned in upcoming editions of the newspaper's "Heard on the Street" columns. Winans was sentenced to 18 months in prison, although the court split on whether his actions also constituted illegal insider trading. (Read "What's Still Wrong with Wall Street...
...folks whose job it is to spend ad dollars. The ability to track where a Web user clicks provides a sort of precision intelligence advertisers could have only dreamed of in decades past. But before a click comes a look, and according to new research, advertisers are often wrong about what attracts our attention...