Word: benefited
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...convince themselves that the end justifies the means, that they are so productive and beneficial to society that any action is justified if it keeps them in power. Other politicians may feel that each action is a trade-off, that as long as they make some decisions that benefit the common good they have the right to make some decisions to help themselves...
...taught to be prepared, but last week in London six of them were caught with their pants down. The lapse is easily explained, considering the six were not scouts at all but rather adult strippers bedecked as scouts for an act staged by Sir Elton John. Performing at a benefit for the gay-rights group Stonewall before an audience that included the wife of Prime Minister Tony Blair, John sang as the dancers stripped to their skivvies. The crowd seemed entertained, but the head of Britain's Scouting organization was not amused. In a letter to the show's organizers...
...other reason it's hard to sell free trade is that any given example tends to benefit a lot of people in small ways that are hard to identify and tends to harm a few people a lot in ways that are vividly evident. When that factory shuts down, the unemployed workers know they've suffered a loss, and they know why. And it's a big enough loss to stir them politically. It will affect their vote at least, if not cause them to march in the streets...
John Cleland, chief investment strategist at fund company Security Benefit Group, is so convinced that stocks will "melt up" next month that he has begun a special marketing campaign to attract new money by year's end. "Y2K will be the biggest nonevent in history," he predicts. "The door will not be wide enough for everyone who wants to buy stocks in January...
...kids to idle away their time with this Pokemon nonsense is ludicrous. What good is there in it? The cards, the show, the game, the movie--where will it all end? It's sad to see youngsters in this advanced culture waste their time on something that will not benefit them later in life. It's ridiculous. CLINT HERSCHEL Bradenton...