Word: brandishing
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...questioned only to be sent home. But while this public bar exam has become de rigueur, its rules have changed from nomination to nomination, with Republicans and Democrats often contradicting themselves on what questions are appropriate. Some examples of Senators who condemn "litmus tests" at one hearing but brandish them at the next...
Talk-show hosts with strong opinions are not uncommon on TV, but those with such clear political ambitions are pretty rare. The question of how nakedly Jackson will brandish his political agenda has caused concern among some show staff members as well as station executives. "A small amount of political involvement is inevitable," says Al DeVaney, general manager of WPWR, which is carrying the program in Chicago. "But we certainly don't want the show to turn into a soapbox for Jesse." Dick Robertson, president of Warner Bros. Domestic Television Distribution (owned by Time Warner Inc.), which is syndicating...
...other hand, the University is willing to brandish every destructive weapon at its disposal when it comes to punishing those who violate its selective sense of decency...
...Palestinians most hated by their neighbors are those who brandish Israeli-provided weapons. In the West Bank village of Ya'bad everyone knows -- and shuns -- three Palestinian brothers who watch over the community with binoculars, Uzis and walkie-talkies. Says a resident: "These traitors carry out the army's job, beating people, destroying property and shooting in the air day and night just to scare us." Intifadeh leaders have made such blatant collaboration a capital offense. Other victims are accused of offending Islamic factions by trafficking in drugs and sex. And some are the victims of personal vendettas or tribal...
...from a rule limiting direct investments in risky enterprises to 10% of a bank's portfolio. Though Greenspan wrote to the board on Lincoln's behalf in February 1985, the board turned down the exemption request. But Government officials who let Keating keep control of the S & L still brandish the Greenspan study when they come under fire. If Keating could fool a man as smart as Greenspan, the argument goes, no wonder he could take in five Senators...