“It’s the sovereign right of Ukraine and the right of the president of Ukraine to make his personnel decisions.” he said on CBS’s Face the Nation. “We’ve been clear, we’re just not going to get embroiled in that particular decision. We have indicated that directly to the Ukrainians.”
GlaxoSmithKline is embroiled in a potential $1.9 billion battle with the IRS over tax deductions Glaxo generated from its merger.
Google, WSJ Lock Horns Over Net Neutrality
CRN - Manhasset,NY,USA
Google struck back at an article published in the Wall Street Journal on Monday that claimed the Internet search engine giant was proposing a plan that ...
California Embroiled in a Battle Over the Budget
By JENNIFER STEINHAUERDemocrats who control the state Legislature are butting heads with Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, who has vowed not to sign bills into law until he sees a budget on his desk.
EU foreign ministers condemn Suu Kyi trial in Burma
European Union foreign ministers said that the bloc would look into
applying new sanctions to the military regime in Burma as they condemned
the "show trial" of opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi.
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China Faults US-Japan Naval Drills in Call to Ease North Korea Tensions
U.S.: China Debt Fears
Are Unfounded
The White House moved to rebut China's suggestion that its vast U.S. financial holdings might not be safe.
The Ladies' Companion - Page 236 1839 Joan forgot that her love was a sin—forgot her prison bonds—her condemnation—every
thing, in the wild hope that had taken possession of her soul. ... The End of the Affair - Page 28 by Graham Greene - Fiction - 1951 I had a wild hope that the sight of me a few days before had woken not love, of
course, but a sentiment, a memory which I might work on. .
The blue girl fumbles with her books and bags.
The blue girl fumbles with her books and bags.
gravy train, easy money, "show trial", fault, wild hope; unfounded, naval drill,
Will an expenses scandal force British politicians off the gravy
train?
Britain is in the grip of an intense - but rather unusual - political
scandal. For once, it is not just the government that has been affected.
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gravy train
Meaning #1: income obtained with a minimum of effort
Synonym: easy money
unfounded
adjective
describes a claim or piece of news that is not based on fact:
I'm pleased to see that our fears about the weather proved totally unfounded.
lock hornBecome embroiled in conflict, as in At the town meeting Kate and Steve locked horns over increasing the property tax. This expression alludes to how stags and bulls use their horns to fight one another. [First half of 1800s]
embroil
verb [T]
to cause someone to become involved in an argument or a difficult situation:
[R] She had no desire to embroil herself in lengthy lawsuits with the tabloid newspapers.
The United Nations was reluctant to get its forces embroiled in civil war.
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