Word: behalfs
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...What's Next • The Associated Press reported that South Korean officials are keeping a close watch on Kim's female caregiver Kim Ok who may be signing official documents on the ailing leader's behalf and gaining government influence. • North Korea's military is about 1.1-million strong with military spending accounting for about 25% of the gross domestic product, leaving little left for a population of more than 23 million...
...Tina Fey's Palin impression "disrespectful" and "sexist" •compounds gaffe that would-be U.S. vice president Palin doesn't have experience to run a major company by adding that would-be U.S. president McCain doesn't have it either •likelihood of future appearances of on McCain's behalf is seriously diminished...
...undercut his claim to represent a new kind of politics. That's why they don't use the word Republican in ads; they think voters are tired of partisan attacks. And that's why they initially asked Democratic groups not to air any independent ads on Obama's behalf; they wanted to control the brand themselves. But the Service Employees International Union recently aired an anti-McCain ad, and other groups are poised to follow suit. Earlier polls had produced "reckless overconfidence on the part of our donors," one Democratic operative said, but that overconfidence is gone...
...country whose connections to Zimbabwe remain strong, the United States never occupied Zimbabwe. Furthermore, since the United States relies less on trade with Africa than several other capable powers, such as China, the United States can approach negotiations to allow foreign aid as a neutral party interested on behalf of humanity...
...money represented almost all of her and her husband's life savings, she says. It had been intended to help her navigate the Chinese medical system on her daughter's behalf, and was going to be used to settle what Zhu calls "the fees and occasional small payments" (bribes) that are critical to making sure she gets the best care. "We own our apartment, so that's OK," she says quietly. "But now I don't know whether I'll have enough. I should have been paying more attention." Putting the money under the mattress might have been a better...