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im pro per lee

  • r  in an improper way
    he checked whether the wound had healed improperly

  • Testimony begins in front of a grand jury in the investigation into whether the identity of CIA operative Valerie Plame was improperly leaked to the press.
  • Both Domenici and Wilson have denied acting improperly.
  • Coleman also wants to get roughly 650 improperly rejected absentee ballots included in the results.
News & Articles

  • Senator seeks review of government purchase of anthrax drug
    Sen. Claire McCaskill is concerned that Richard Danzig, a government biowarfare consultant who was paid by a firm that made such a drug, may have improperly influenced the process. WASHINGTON — The chairwoman of a Senate subcommittee that oversees federal contracting has called for reviews of the government's purchases of an anthrax drug whose manufacturer paid former Navy Secretary Richard J ...
    June 22, 2013 - Los Angeles Times
  • Caltrans documents tell of Bay Bridge woes
    Caltrans documents tell of Bay Bridge woes Newly released Caltrans documents reveal there were quality-control problems with hundreds of the steel rods and bolts installed on the new Bay Bridge eastern span, including one batch that was improperly treated with brake cleaner and another with an aerosol product called Zinc-It. Caltrans released the documents Friday in response to media inquiries ...
    June 22, 2013 - San Francisco Chronicle
  • PB told to repay funding to HUD
    PINE BLUFF — A review by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development has revealed that Pine Bluff must reimburse $199,907 in community development block grant and HOME program funds that have been “improperly spent” by the city’s Economic and Community Development Department.
    June 22, 2013 - Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
Quotes

  • John Edwards in Newsweek
    I am confident that no funds from my campaign were used improperly,Edwards said in a statement yesterday.
  • Gordon Brown in The Age
    Mr Brown said: "I had no knowledge until Saturday night, either of the donations or of the practice which had grown up where they were improperly declared to the Electoral Commission. No knowledge at all."
  • Steve Buyer in msnbc.com
    Effectively giving FDA stamp of approval on cigarettes will improperly lead people to believe that these products are safe, and they really aren't,Buyer said. "We want to move people from smoking down the continuum of risk to eventually...

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