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Carper


Definition:

  • (n.) One who carps; a caviler.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) 3.11pm BST Carper rejects blame on the Obama administration for the increase of child immigrants.
  • (2) Sure, the carpers will bring up all the times the credit rating agencies have got it wrong in the past.
  • (3) Given the unique circumstances of the Presidency, OGE’s view is that a President should comply with this law by divesting conflicting assets, establishing a qualified blind trust, or both,” the agency wrote in response to questions from the Democratic senator Thomas Carper.
  • (4) 3.51pm BST Carper asks the first question: "Why this shift in Mexican migration, almost to an out-migration?
  • (5) This review by Congress is long overdue,” said chairman Tom Carper.
  • (6) His words are a low rumble not a full-scale eruption, and he moves on quickly: why waste time on the carpers and little Englanders?
  • (7) Blando added that the Democratic senators Tom Carper of Delaware, Mark Warner of Virginia and Sheldon Whitehouse of Rhode Island had also traded valuable health-related stocks.
  • (8) Committee chairman Thomas Carper, Democrat of Delaware, is discussing the particularly difficult nature of the question of what to do with child immigrants from Central America.
  • (9) That said, appropriations law prohibits the use of DHS grant dollars for the purchase of goods or services from other federal departments or agencies.” Senator Tom Carper, the Delaware Democrat who chairs the homeland security committee, said the grants “provide critical resources to ensure that state and local emergency management agencies and first responders are prepared to effectively respond to instances of terrorism and other disasters – both natural and manmade.” In a statement to the Guardian, Carper said his committee “will continue to closely examine the Department of Homeland Security’s grant programs and its implementation in communities across the nation as part of our ongoing oversight efforts”.
  • (10) Many others, including young marines, quite literally have done so.” Democratic senator for Delaware Tom Carper described Kelly as: “exceptionally well qualified leader”, and added: “He has the courage to stay out of step when everyone is marching in tune.” 3.56pm: The hearing into John Kelly’s nomination as homeland security secretary commenced with opening remarks from the homeland security and governmental affairs committee chair, Wisconsin Republican senator Ron Johnson , who described Kelly as an “extraordinary individual, a great American who has served faithfully and sacrificed mightily for this nation”.
  • (11) Republicans have to go forward and have their vote that they’re preparing early next week,” said Carper.
  • (12) In February, Senator Tom Carper (D-Del) also introduced the Cyber Threat Sharing Act of 2015, which would accomplish similar goals.
  • (13) Tom Carper, a Democratic senator from Delaware, said he had been speaking to Republicans privately about working together to stabilize the insurance markets if a repeal vote fails.
  • (14) Although personal knowing, i.e., discovery of self-and-other arrived at through reflection, synthesis of perceptions, and connecting with what is known, has been identified as a fundamental way of knowing for nursing (Carper, 1978), the process has not previously been systematically developed or tied in with the theoretical, syntactical, and practice structures of nursing.

Harper


Definition:

  • (n.) A player on the harp; a minstrel.
  • (n.) A brass coin bearing the emblem of a harp, -- formerly current in Ireland.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) The immigration minister, Mark Harper, said: in a statement: "Today's operations highlight the routine work we are carrying out every day to stamp out illegal working.
  • (2) He made his political base in this western province, which has long felt sneered at: Harper has spent his political career redressing the balance.
  • (3) Opposition to Harper is evenly divided between two major opposition parties – the Liberals and the New Democrats – so the one-third of voters who vote Conservative are set once again to choose Canada’s national government.
  • (4) There they are, drinking again.’” Harper is a loner – a suburban boy who went trainspotting with his dad; whose asthma stopped him playing ice hockey That scorn appears to have interrupted the clever student’s journey to the top of the class.
  • (5) Stephen Harper, the Canadian prime minister, has said that the battle of Vimy , where Canadian troops carried a crucial ridge in the face of a strong German defence, showed Canadians' "unwavering commitment to defending peace and freedom".
  • (6) The Evangelist Christian right is at the heart of Harper's Conservative party, and after years of being shushed, it will now demand an end to a number of things, including abortion rights.
  • (7) A former intern's case against Harper's Bazaar is moving through the courts.
  • (8) Cave added that her organisation was engaged in a freedom of information battle with Cabinet Office minister Mark Harper, who is overseeing the coalition's plans to introduce a lobbying register.
  • (9) Paterson’s contribution is to identify the Australian prime minister, Tony Abbott , and the Canadian premier, Stephen Harper , who have arguably done more harm to the living planet than anyone else alive, as champions of environmental protection .
  • (10) Although prime minister Stephen Harper apologised for the school system in 2008 (as did the Roman Catholic Church in 2009), his government has always denied that it was a form of genocide.
  • (11) After he had written a number of successful short tales, his publisher, Wesley Harper, had advised him that "readers in this country have a decided and strong preference for works (especially fiction) in which a single and connected story occupies the whole volume."
  • (12) After hours of speculation Mark Harper, previously announced as a minister of state in the Department for Work and Pensions, appeared to have his title converted to take on the role.
  • (13) Speaking later alongside Mr Salmond outside St Andrew's House, Mr Harper said the Greens were likely to only support the nationalists on an issue-by-issue basis - a model known as "confidence and supply" - rather than in a full coalition.
  • (14) Photograph: Alicia Canter for the Guardian Winner : Harper Adams University Runner-up : University of Sheffield Runner-up : University of Leicester Research impact Facebook Twitter Pinterest Professor Mary Herbert and Dr Louise Hyslop from Newcastle University with their research impact award for pioneering IVF techniques.
  • (15) Beverley McLachlin, chief justice of the supreme court, blocked Harper’s choice for a new high court judge: she was denounced in terms which caused a wave of complaint that Harper was interfering in the independence of the judiciary.
  • (16) Harper has spent the last few days in Brighton and the deal finally got the green light from Real Madrid this morning, with Brighton confirming the deal.
  • (17) It's reasonable to believe AV would have denied Harper a majority.
  • (18) The pair decided to help Harper and Evelyn - now calling themselves Nightmares On Wax - by setting up a label.
  • (19) The ‘C’ team would have been the next step up for Harper, who was born in February 1996, after departing the Juvenil A side, effectively Madrid’s Under-19s.
  • (20) There is, frankly, plenty that Harper refuses to acknowledge beyond the current recession, but the nice thing about a three-party system is that there are usually plenty of distractions from talking about anything at all.

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