单词 | gravy train |
例句 | “But—well, I just got here, so you’ve been riding the gravy train longer.” Ungifted 2012-08-21T00:00:00Z But this gravy train was nearing the end of the line. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z I understand your frustration at watching the gravy train pass you by. He Wants a Loan. Can I Demand That He Get Vaccinated First? 2021-12-09T05:00:00Z An honest conversation should stop this gravy train or at least reveal what your husband is thinking. I Was Fine With Being the Breadwinner, Until 2020 Came Along 2021-02-25T05:00:00Z It must be what you call a gravy train. The Wind in the Willows ? review 2010-12-08T22:01:00Z “I want to take a moment to recognize the brave turkeys that weren’t so lucky, who didn’t get to ride the gravy train to freedom,” Obama said from the Rose Garden. Obama’s last turkey pardon is the dad joke the country needs right now 2016-11-23T05:00:00Z And make no mistake: If you were ever in a boy band, your gravy train ran exclusively on the formidable power of 12-year-old girls. The sexualization of Justin Bieber 2011-02-14T23:15:00Z And it’s not as though studios didn’t try and fling their bodies onto that rapidly accelerating gravy train as well. Have Young Adult Adaptations Jumped the Shark? 2014-12-03T05:00:00Z But even the most craven attempts to cash in on the spoof gravy train -- "Not Another Date Movie," "Epic Movie," etc. -- are strong bets. Spoofs seek proof of life at box office 2010-08-19T04:02:00Z Despite Partridge’s deep-seated loathing for the “BBC gravy train”, he has been in the digital radio wilderness for years, and is desperate to get back in front of the cameras. ‘We've had a love-hate relationship’: Steve Coogan on bringing Alan Partridge back to the BBC 2019-02-17T05:00:00Z So the online space is maturing, even as more and more fanboys try to get in on the free movies gravy train. Readers' Reviews 2011-03-24T23:00:00Z Though he has yet to cash in on any kind of Quentin Tarantino gravy train, he is far from forgotten. Jim Kelly, "Enter the Dragon's" baddest mother 2010-04-13T22:25:00Z But critics of today’s market-based charter movement say monied interests have turned those learning labs into models for capital capture in the Golden State and beyond–“the charter school gravy train,” as Forbes describes it. Charter schools’ dire lesson: Deregulation invariably leads to disaster 2016-06-05T04:00:00Z All you native homeowners or commuters who missed the gravy train? Seattle: If you have to ask, you can’t afford to live here 2014-10-11T04:00:00Z “What was I being loyal to? A gravy train for rich on-air superstars who feel the train must go on at any cost?” Edward M. Joyce, CBS News president in the 1980s, dies at 81 The comic book film has become a gravy train to nowhere. Superheroes suck! 2010-05-06T11:01:00Z But the Nicholas Sparks gravy train slowed: “The Best of Me” took in a slight $10.2 million, the weakest opening result in the romance writer’s nine-film career. Brad Pitt and 'Fury' Take No. 1 at Box Office 2014-10-19T04:00:00Z Most minor leaguers still toil for substandard wages under conditions that seem unfathomable given the gravy train that is pretty much everything else Major League Baseball touches. America’s next big labor battle could be Minor League Baseball 2022-09-10T04:00:00Z The case was “a gravy train for the suits”, he said. Bizarre Becker: Sad and turbulent saga of a fallen tennis champion 2018-06-24T04:00:00Z "But that leaves almost half of the industry not yet understanding that the baby boomer gravy train is just about dead," explains James Chung, president of Reach. 2010-02-11T20:40:00Z After what you might charitably call mixed results with "Christine" and "Starman" and "Big Trouble in Little China," Carpenter was off the major studios' gravy train, essentially for good. Horror-meister John Carpenter's mediocre comeback 2011-07-05T22:20:00Z Famous Food As goes the economy, so goes the reality-television gravy train. Television Review: It?s Hard Out Here for a Reality-Show Celebrity 2011-07-08T22:09:39Z Just Click for Messages From the Stars A start-up called Cameo Stars will try to hop aboard the social media gravy train by selling video greetings from celebrities and athletes on Facebook. Broad Museum Could Get Millions Via Developers 2010-08-02T17:49:00Z His campaign slogan was “Respect for Taxpayers,” and he promised to stop the city’s “gravy train” of runaway spending, on behalf of the little guy. What Toronto Knows about Trump after Living through Rob Ford 2017-04-13T04:00:00Z Seeing them here makes it obvious that someone should have done something, but it’s hard to walk away from a gravy train. Review: ‘Team Foxcatcher’ Looks at a Millionaire’s Descent Into Murder 2016-04-27T04:00:00Z Amtrak executives are riding a gravy train with some of them making as much as $780,000 a year while train system’s passengers endure delayed and disrupted services, a new report revealed. Taxpayer-supported Amtrak loses money but pays some executives over $700,000 salaries 2023-10-04T04:00:00Z Biden is still on the nepotism gravy train, having reinvented himself as a Malibu-based painter who commands indefensibly high prices for his work. Column: Shed no tears for Hunter Biden, who exploited the family name but also broke the law 2023-09-17T04:00:00Z They can say they found a new home with “like-minded” institutions, but let’s be clear: the only thing these schools share culturally is the blind devotion to riding the football gravy train. Stanford and Cal's ACC move all about a blind devotion to money, not student-athletes 2023-09-01T04:00:00Z It was because the Seminoles are angling to get out of the ACC as soon as possible so that they can hop on the Big Ten gravy train, too. Chip Kelly's plan could save college sports, and that's why it'll never happen 2023-08-12T04:00:00Z "I need to get back on that gravy train," he said. Fired-up Joshua weighs in for Helenius fight 2023-08-11T04:00:00Z To keep the gravy train running — ideally, in perpetuity — those contractors also spend millions lobbying decision-makers. Profiteers of armageddon: Oppenheimer and the birth of the nuclear-industrial complex 2023-08-01T04:00:00Z The committee also heard from David Tydeman, the CEO of Ferguson Marine, who insisted that the "gravy train" at the shipyard had ended. Bosses at ferry fiasco shipyard to receive bonuses 2023-06-01T04:00:00Z It was the wealthiest league in the world and the best players were queuing up to join the gravy train. Lust, luck and a life less ordinary – the temptation of Gigi Lentini 2023-04-03T04:00:00Z “It’s common sense to every single person in the country except the politicians, bureaucrats and lobbyists who get rich off the government gravy train that’s led to $32 trillion in debt.” Scott Drops Social Security From Plan as G.O.P. Retreats From Entitlement Cuts 2023-02-17T05:00:00Z “In our effort to get on the gravy train, we left a lot behind on the platform,” Javed Akhtar, a prominent poet and lyricist, said at the festival. Where Romantic Poetry in a Fading Language Draws Stadium Crowds 2022-12-18T05:00:00Z Soon a scramble was on to win victim status, and to deny that status to groups which, if they clambered aboard the gravy train, would leave less gravy for the supposedly more deserving. Opinion | How racial preferences feed grasping grievance groups and grow ever more absurd 2022-11-30T05:00:00Z Mr Hoy asked: "Can you say, hand on heart, that gravy train culture has come to an end now?" Bosses at ferry fiasco shipyard to receive bonuses 2023-06-01T04:00:00Z But as a Senate candidate, Vance has repeatedly called for the U.S. to sever its economic ties with the country, calling globalization a "gravy train" for China. J.D. Vance has a Big Pharma problem 2022-08-20T04:00:00Z Absolutely not, but I’m sure there are plenty of folks in NFT-based communities that are sure they’re still on the gravy train. People are spending millions on NFTs. What? Why? 2022-06-06T04:00:00Z It sounds like a sweet deal, but it’s no gravy train, he cautioned. Owner wants to give away his small-town Minnesota newspaper 2022-05-31T04:00:00Z Other potential casualties of such a ban would be things close to his heart: his populist campaign promises, and a financial gravy train for culture warriors in Europe and in the United States. Hooked on Cheap Oil, Hungary Resists an Embargo on Russia 2022-05-19T04:00:00Z “He wanted the gravy train to keep rolling, if possible,” and didn’t care what his two co-defendants said to investors, the Securities and Exchange Commission or the Vermont Regional Center, prosecutors wrote. Former ski resorts owner faces sentencing in Vermont fraud 2022-04-29T04:00:00Z There was also fear among Hollywood talent agents on Wednesday that the Netflix gravy train could slow and that the company’s willingness to pay whatever it took for scripts and talent deals could vanish. Netflix’s Stumble Could Be a Warning Sign for Streaming Industry 2022-04-20T04:00:00Z When Google brought its gravy train of free photo storage to a halt in 2021, a weary world sighed and looked for new storage options. Unlimited Google Photos storage is back... for $15 per month at T-Mobile 2022-04-12T04:00:00Z “It’s an endless gravy train of subsidies,” said Farren, whose research focuses on the effects of government favoritism toward individual businesses and industries. Virginia’s bills to lure Commanders could offer unlimited tax dollars for ‘mini-city’ 2022-03-05T05:00:00Z He castigated the new ruling elite for boarding the "gravy train" of privilege and chided Mandela for his long public affair with Graca Machel, whom he eventually married. South Africa's Tutu - anti-apartheid hero who never stopped fighting for "Rainbow Nation" 2021-12-26T05:00:00Z Shortly after the 1994 elections, he publicly rebuked Mandela’s government for “having stopped the gravy train only long enough to get on.” Desmond Tutu, cleric who campaigned against apartheid in South Africa, dies at 90 2021-12-26T05:00:00Z I hope every single one of them is investigated and punished to the fullest extent of the law — the gravy train has been derailed. What fans have to say about the end of Britney Spears' conservatorship 2021-11-16T05:00:00Z “Nothing comes before ‘do not derail the gravy train.’ After R. Kelly’s Conviction, Can the Music Industry Change? 2021-09-28T04:00:00Z “As long as we keep some bonds active, we can keep the gravy train rolling. I don’t think that in reality you would ever see everything paid off.” Virginia’s bills to lure Commanders could offer unlimited tax dollars for ‘mini-city’ 2022-03-05T05:00:00Z He told her: "Your greed was such that when you thought Anthony Sootheran might derail you from your gravy train, you murdered him." Anthony Sootheran murder: Woman who starved millionaire to death jailed 2021-06-01T04:00:00Z And as the gravy train is pulled away, it brings the extreme valuation into question and ascribes a lower risk premium. UK car sales recover as showrooms reopen after lockdown – business live 2021-05-05T04:00:00Z Of course executives at those clubs who would be excluded do not want to see the gravy train they are currently riding overtaken by an express. Outrage About European Super League Is Muffled by Our Cheers 2021-04-18T04:00:00Z Georgia legislators were more explicit about what corporations need to do to keep the tax-cut gravy train rolling. Opinion | Republicans’ unexpected rupture with corporate America 2021-04-08T04:00:00Z "Wall Street amassed its riches by pouring money into fossil fuels, and they don't want that gravy train to end," said Doug Norlen, director of the Economic Policy Program at Friends of the Earth U.S. John Kerry urged to help end flow of finance from Wall Street to industries fueling climate crisis 2021-04-03T04:00:00Z They have been made immeasurably rich by their mere presence in the Premier League; they will reject any move that endangers their place on that particular gravy train. Don’t Reject the Champions League’s Changes Out of Hand 2021-03-12T05:00:00Z “They are a gravy train for members and lobbyists, who repeat the same exercise every year or two,” Howard Gleckman, a tax policy expert at the Urban Institute, said in an email. Tucked into Congress’s massive stimulus bill: Tens of billions in special-interest tax giveaways 2020-12-22T05:00:00Z “They are a gravy train for members and lobbyists, who repeat the same exercise every year or two,” said Howard Gleckman, a tax policy expert at the Urban Institute, in an email. Tucked into Congress’ massive stimulus bill: tens of billions in special-interest tax giveaways 2020-12-22T05:00:00Z Nonetheless, what the dissenters are seeking could end a campaign-cash gravy train and worse, upend the Democratic party and disrupt the legislative agenda. More Democratic women call on Madigan to step down 2020-07-30T04:00:00Z During one trial last year, he said the doctor was running a “gravy train of fraud” by repeatedly ordering expensive EEG tests. Doctor accused of misdiagnosing epilepsy gives up license 2020-05-20T04:00:00Z The Conservatives will promise to "end the assembly gravy train" if they win power at next May's Senedd election. Tories pledge to cut the cost of Welsh politics 2020-03-05T05:00:00Z Like the other defeated incumbents he is paid for just two months from the election, not exactly the never-ending political gravy train many might imagine. The defeated MPs deciding what to do next 2020-01-21T05:00:00Z Starting in the 13th century, the walrus tusk gravy train started to splinter, as the West African Trade routes opened up and Europeans were now able to buy “superior” elephant ivory. Viking's left Greenland because they over-hunted walruses, research claims 2020-01-13T05:00:00Z With that gravy train back on track, why even plan for a downturn? The Pentagon budget has continued to rise for the last 40 years 2019-12-17T05:00:00Z Florists, caterers, set decorators, chauffeurs, hair stylists, headhunters — it’s gravy train time. The Streaming Era Has Finally Arrived. Everything Is About to Change. 2019-11-18T05:00:00Z Yet economic planners are biding their time, perhaps wary of creating a 2015-style runaway gravy train. Take Five: NATO -- dead or alive? 2019-11-29T05:00:00Z “When I won, all of a sudden they were being so nice because we’re like a gravy train for them. They were totally in favor of Hillary Clinton.” Trump says Yovanovitch wouldn’t hang his portrait in U.S. Embassy in Ukraine 2019-11-22T05:00:00Z Back in the fifties, Markovits says, we were all on the gravy train together, or, at least, white men were. Is Meritocracy Making Everyone Miserable? 2019-09-23T04:00:00Z “But in many ways, this is just a way to keep the gravy train running for drug companies.” Charity becomes a lifeline even for Americans with health insurance as deductibles soar 2019-08-04T04:00:00Z Little wonder that the hotel has become a gravy train for Trump and his family, undercutting his pledges to drain the lobbying and big money swamp, say analysts. Inside Trump's DC hotel, where allies and lobbyists flock to peddle their interests 2019-07-18T04:00:00Z “The gravy train is over,” he said, saying his plan “will finally hold these corporations accountable for their pollution, wind down their production, and take away their sweetheart deals.” Inslee unveils plan to tackle climate change, O’Rourke pushes ‘war tax’ 2019-06-27T04:00:00Z In this case, the sellers no longer have this Amazon gravy train,” Kodali adds. How Apple’s deal with Amazon screwed over small recycling businesses 2019-05-21T04:00:00Z Kelly “could not have accomplished this for 28 years without the assistance of others who looked the other way because they didn’t want the R. Kelly gravy train to end,” Avenatti said Tuesday. R. Kelly insiders may have helped R&B star with sexual abuse 2019-02-26T05:00:00Z Moreover, no one should be surprised that Facebook, Google and other data-heavy tech giants are applying their considerable lobbying muscle to fighting strict privacy regulations and making sure their gravy train keeps chugging. Facebook is laughing all the way to the bank as Americans shrug off privacy concerns 2019-02-04T05:00:00Z Many renters exist in a constant state of anxiety that the home-equity gravy train will soon pass them by. Some home shoppers are calling it quits, convinced that prices have peaked 2019-01-18T05:00:00Z The Kremlin perfectly understands that a democratic government in Iran would derail this gravy train and redirect resources toward the needs of the people. Russia on a mission to keep Iran’s mullahs in power 2019-01-17T05:00:00Z Americans were making money, and nothing ought to disturb the gravy train that was funding so many Wall Street and CEO bonuses. Opinion | Trump might win his trade war with China 2019-01-10T05:00:00Z WestRock is not the only Virginia beneficiary of the black liquor gravy train. Opinion | How Maryland’s renewable energy law subsidizes Virginia’s dirty air 2018-12-28T05:00:00Z The people who are really on the gravy train are the ones who swore loyalty to Donald Trump and have decided to stay with him. Conservative Tom Nichols on leaving the GOP: “The Republican Party is not capable of healing it... 2018-11-20T05:00:00Z Salvini has cracked down on immigration since becoming interior minister in June, closing off the sea ports and pledging to “end the gravy train” for those working in the migrant reception business. Pro-refugee Italian mayor arrested for 'aiding illegal migration' 2018-10-02T04:00:00Z In describing the shirt, the William Murray website truly said it best, "Pour up a Tanqueray and Tab because this latest offering really is a gravy train with biscuit wheels." Only Bill Murray could make a bowling shirt perfect for golf - Golf Digest 2018-09-21T04:00:00Z Even though Australia did not get rocked by a recession like the U.S. did, Morrison says some people feel forgotten, left off the globalism gravy train. Opinion | Trump Finally Makes a Friend 2018-09-15T04:00:00Z With him came his older brother, Doug Ford, who was elected as city councillor and who championed his brother's proposals to cut city waste - to "stop the gravy train" to city hall. Brother of notorious Rob Ford takes over 2018-06-29T04:00:00Z He said he was asserting diplomatic immunity to "bring this farce to an end" and stop "the gravy train for the suits". Boris Becker claims diplomatic immunity 2018-06-14T04:00:00Z As for the gravy train, it will roll on. Not so great wars — theirs and ours 2018-06-09T04:00:00Z President Trump promised to “derail the gravy train” in the health-care system Friday afternoon, in a Rose Garden speech in which he unveiled his much-anticipated strategy to lower drug prices. Trump promises to ‘derail the gravy train’ and lower drug prices in ‘American Patients First’ plan 2018-05-11T04:00:00Z Republicans in Congress welcomed the president’s attention to high drug prices and promised to review his proposals, which Mr. Trump said would “derail the gravy train for special interests.” Trump’s Plan to Lower Drug Prices Diverges From Campaign Promise 2018-05-11T04:00:00Z Republicans welcomed the president’s attention to drug prices and promised to review his proposals, which Trump said would “derail the gravy train for special interests.” Trump touts competition as a strategy to lower drug prices 2018-05-11T04:00:00Z He said his administration would “derail the gravy train for special interests” and “end Obamacare’s twisted incentives that encourage higher drug prices”. Trump and health secretary outline 'blueprint' to lower drug prices 2018-05-11T04:00:00Z Dothan Eagle says state lawmakers must derail the jail food gravy train: Alabama editorial roundup 2018-05-09T04:00:00Z And in the same coin he’s acquired by acting as if this gravy train will never halt. Editorial Roundup: Recent editorials in Arkansas newspapers 2018-05-08T04:00:00Z This commission's primary task was to protect the gravy train that is college basketball. N.C.A.A. Panel Proposes Reforms, Including End to ‘One and Done’ 2018-04-25T04:00:00Z "If they want to separate themselves from Pelosi they have to separate themselves from the gravy train as well," Gorman said. Democratic candidates try something new to cope with anti-Pelosi campaign attacks: Disavowing her 2018-03-22T04:00:00Z Time to end the US taxpayer gravy train and let these "allies" pay for their own defense. Trump’s Abrupt ‘Yes’ to North Korea: The 45 Minutes That Could Alter History 2018-03-10T05:00:00Z But here’s the bottom line: Cuomo’s budget keeps the gravy train rolling while pushing tough fiscal choices into the future. Editorials from around New York 2018-03-07T05:00:00Z Then there’s figure skating, the sport that largely drives the NBC gravy train. Column: Americans over-promise, under-deliver in SKorea 2018-02-25T05:00:00Z But the vague threats to apply the brakes to the gravy train are unlikely to push the Kaczynski government to change. Poland’s Nationalism Threatens Europe’s Values, and Cohesion 2018-02-20T05:00:00Z As autonomous cars gain traction, he said, “the airport parking gravy train is going to dry up.” Airports Are Losing Money as Ride-Hailing Services Grow 2017-12-11T05:00:00Z Two years later, William sounded disappointed, having encountered union leaders who he felt were “hoodlum types” more interested in riding their own gravy train than helping their members. Perspective | An actress in ‘The Pajama Game’ at Arena has a connection to the subject matter 2017-11-21T05:00:00Z When you are going to be outed or when you think your gravy train is derailed why not do even more? Navy SEALs Investigated in Green Beret’s Death Also Under Scrutiny in Theft 2017-11-13T05:00:00Z That will remediate physicians' perverse incentives and abrogate the runaway gravy train. Trump Health Agency Challenges Consensus on Reducing Costs 2017-11-12T05:00:00Z The Owners will ride this gravy train as long as they possibly can. On the Table, the Brain Appeared Normal 2017-11-09T05:00:00Z If anything, Coffee said, having Azar as health secretary sends a message to the pharmaceutical industry that the gravy train will keep chugging along. Swamp deepens as Trump names former drug industry exec to be health secretary – LA Times 2017-11-15T05:00:00Z Bridges argued that Eldridge was responsible for putting one recruit in the clothes dryer and turning it on, but said he “jumped on that government gravy train” to save himself at Felix’s expense. He’s accused of abusing Muslims training to be Marines. A military jury must decide his fate. 2017-11-09T05:00:00Z “There was no gravy train and we are proud of our work.” Donna Brazile: I considered replacing Clinton with Biden as 2016 Democratic nominee 2017-11-04T04:00:00Z “Republicans are meeting with Democrats because of what I did with the CSRs, because I cut off the gravy train,” Trump said. Tracking Trump: president gives himself top marks for military bereavement calls 2017-10-21T04:00:00Z “I’m on a gravy train with biscuit wheels,” he said. Seattle’s Bat Man runs to the rescue of damaged Ken Griffey Jr. statue 2017-10-20T04:00:00Z “Republicans are meeting with Democrats because of what I did with the CSR, because I cut off the gravy train,” he said on Monday. Senators reach bipartisan deal to salvage Obamacare subsidies Trump eliminated 2017-10-17T04:00:00Z Former president Barack Obama, it turns out, has wasted no time hopping on the Wall Street gravy train. Analysis | The Finance 202: Obama Wall Street speeches fail to spark Democratic outrage 2017-09-19T04:00:00Z Had we demanded that before the Afghans board the foreign-aid gravy train they first establish and live by the true rule of law, we might have created something durable and popular there. Opinion | Nation-building doesn’t exist, and state-building doesn’t work 2017-08-31T04:00:00Z They’ll need to find new buyers willing to keep that gravy train running.” Predictions of lavish free-agent spending in baseball could be at odds with cable TV's fragile state 2017-07-10T04:00:00Z Barkley charged Durant with seeking to “gravy train.” Perspective | Accuse Kevin Durant of ring-chasing, but we’re now seeing the real reason he joined the Warriors 2017-06-06T04:00:00Z Colleges are deluding themselves if they think the gravy train they are currently on is going to keep rolling forever. How Colleges Know What You Can Afford (and the Limits of That Tactic) 2017-05-17T04:00:00Z Leeds’s priority this season is to climb back on to the Premier League gravy train after 13 years’ absence; the FA Cup was a much less lucrative distraction. The ‘giant-killing’ FA Cup is no longer such a football fairytale | Matthew Engel 2017-02-25T05:00:00Z “The gravy train is over,” Miro Copic, a San Diego State University marketing professor, said Friday. “The academy has realized the value of its content and the shifting landscape in the media world.” Oscars red carpet:`The gravy train is over' for TV stations and networks 2017-02-24T05:00:00Z But the gravy train may be coming an end. Editorial Roundup: Recent editorials in Arkansas newspapers 2016-12-13T05:00:00Z What a Trump election will do is mostly dismantle a green gravy train powered by moral vanity that contributes nothing to the public welfare. Green Elites, Trumped 2016-11-16T05:00:00Z Law firms clambered to get onto the gravy train and they got the bulk of the money. A New Movement in Liberal Economics That Could Shape Hillary Clinton’s Agenda 2016-11-04T04:00:00Z Everything in this country is about making money and our totally inept politicians who promise us great things are only mouthpieces for continuing the corporate gravy train. Why the U.S. Still Trails Many Wealthy Nations in Access to Care 2016-10-24T04:00:00Z Even after months of exposés showing how gifts to the foundation bought favors from Hillary’s State Department, the Clintons can’t bear to admit the obvious, and put the brakes on the gravy train. Editorials from around New York 2016-09-07T04:00:00Z “It’s time we put our foot down and declare that their gravy train is over: no longer will Crooked Hillary Clinton and the other disasters in Washington get rich at our expense,” he said. Donald Trump thanks GOP security officials for opposing him 2016-08-08T04:00:00Z Perhaps because of legal uncertainty, or maybe the vagaries of the marketplace, the gravy train slowed. California Editorial Roundup 2016-06-29T04:00:00Z Don King was trying desperately to get on the Muhammad Ali gravy train when he helped put together the fight that would live in boxing lore. Being close to Ali built careers in boxing and broadcasting 2016-06-04T04:00:00Z A tougher line on China on security threatened to derail the economic gravy train. Australia, long tied to China by ‘fear and greed,’ boosts defense amid increased skepticism 2016-05-30T04:00:00Z The gravy train keeps chugging away, slowed somewhat by state regulations and codes of ethics, and apparently not at all by the state’s massive budget deficit. Alaska editorials 2016-05-03T04:00:00Z Hillary Clinton is asking her big corproate donors to realize that if they want the gravy train to continue they must back her...the corporatist. The Quiet War on Corporate Accountability 2016-04-26T04:00:00Z Ensler was once a Dean Martin impersonator, but got too old for it and eventually hopped on to the Trump gravy train. 'A cauldron of the baser instincts of humanity': inside Donald Trump's Nevada triumph 2016-02-24T05:00:00Z The Washington establishment knows who’s going to keep the gravy train going, who’s going to keep cutting the deals and growing government. Ted Cruz Likes Being Hated 2016-01-22T05:00:00Z Because they don’t want an end to the cronyism and the gravy train from Washington.” The Daily 202: Cruz and Clinton each lose another news cycle as the Iowa caucuses approach 2016-01-20T05:00:00Z "The Washington establishment knows who's willing to keep the gravy train going," he said. Ted Cruz says he welcomes 'Washington establishment' backing rival Donald Trump after determining that Sen. Marco Rubio can't win 2016-01-20T05:00:00Z If you think that sounds obscene, wait until you get to the part about slurping off the gravy train. Apocalypse now: Sarah Palin's bizarre Trump endorsement analyzed 2016-01-20T05:00:00Z Conway wasn’t surprised by either of the Branstads’ reactions, arguing they are both “scared to death Cruz will end the gravy train for big corn” and taking a dig at the longtime governor. The Move To Stop Cruz 2016-01-19T05:00:00Z To the Washington cartel, to the career politicians there that are getting fat and happy and want the gravy train to keep going, that’s exactly right.” Increasingly, Iowans Say Their Caucuses Are Ted Cruz’s to Lose 2016-01-06T05:00:00Z “We have to recognize that the gravy train of the federal government is ended,” Foust said. Budget woes define election in Virginia’s largest jurisdiction 2015-10-31T04:00:00Z That was exactly the reaction of a New Jersey pizzeria owner named Anthony Marino, who appears to be one of the few not jumping on the pope gravy train. Check Out All the Crazy Ways People Are Cashing in on the Pope's Visit to America 2015-09-21T04:00:00Z Unfortunately for her, Clinton represents the fat cats in the Democratic Party, the well-to-do and Wall Streeters who think having her in the Oval Office means the gravy train gets back on track. Clinton Keeps Sinking 2015-09-14T04:00:00Z Ford said he would solve the city’s financial problems, repeating the phrase “gravy train” ad nauseam as a means of trashing wasteful government spending. When Canada looks at Donald Trump, all we can see is Rob Ford | Matthew Hays 2015-08-04T04:00:00Z Whether one finds solace or horror in the sharp tactics used to recruit and keep adherents, the billions of dollars in the Scientology gravy train are impressive. HBO's Going Clear Exposes Scientology Tactics, Wealth, And IRS Church Status 2015-03-31T04:00:00Z This time the league doesn’t want to stop the gravy train; it just wants to negotiate some details. NBA Lockout of 2017: Riches Or No Riches, Get R-R-R-Ready to Rumble! 2015-03-16T04:00:00Z At some point, this gravy train will come to a halt and prices will rise. Colorado Editorial Roundup 2015-01-15T05:00:00Z This will put the brakes on the late-stage and secondary gravy train in venture capital. Seven Turning-Points To Watch For In 2015 2015-01-01T05:00:00Z The measure prohibits anyone but the state from imposing taxes, but several cities and counties are hoping to get in on the gravy train. Legal pot is top Oregon news story of 2014 2014-12-27T05:00:00Z Now a major movie theater chain is trying to step onto the subscription gravy train as it seeks to reverse attendance declines, especially among young moviegoers. From AMC and MoviePass, a Film a Day for a Monthly Fee 2014-12-16T05:00:00Z Some members believe it is is wrong for an aggressively Eurosceptic party to jump aboard the "EU gravy train". UKIP secures control of £1.5m EU cash 2014-12-15T05:00:00Z No wonder LVS rivals want to hop on the gravy train. Amid Casino Woes, Macau Retail Shines, At Least For Las Vegas Sands 2014-12-08T05:00:00Z The various politicians are fighting to keep their places on the gravy train. £15 Billion To Be Invested In England's Roads As The Election Approaches 2014-12-01T05:00:00Z When the four officers became aware she was responsible for “stopping their overtime gravy train,” one of them confronted Elias and yelled to someone else to get Metz on the phone, the suit alleges. SPD sergeant says she was a target after halting ‘gravy train’ 2014-11-28T05:00:00Z “You imagine a guy like that when he figures, ‘Whoops, the gravy train may end,’” said Sopko. ISIS Making Deadly Inroads in Libya, Pakistan and Afghanistan 2014-11-20T05:00:00Z He first won as mayor by promising to “stop the gravy train” of government spending. Rob Ford out as Toronto mayor, but wins seat in council 2014-10-27T04:00:00Z It is a threat to the gravy train. Three Unexpected Reasons Why We Use the Paper Dollar 2014-09-16T04:00:00Z The cynical part of me suggests that perhaps it’s because they want to continue the gravy train for politicians. Leadership on Virginia ethics needed “I think he’s more familiar with the gravy train back in Washington that paid out $30 billion in bonuses, and he sat back while it happened,” Mr. Brown said. Jerry Brown’s Opponent Attacks Waste in Sacramento 2014-09-05T04:00:00Z Other studios will be watching next May, when Ultron hits theaters, with a certain amount of hope that the Marvel gravy train may finally start to slow down. Comic Con: Can Marvel's 'Age Of Ultron' Match 'The Avengers?' 2014-07-27T04:00:00Z Political opponents realised it was far better to join the Kremlin gravy train rather that fight it. Putin’s Blunders Over MH17 Have Left Him Badly Damaged “Mr. Tiahrt wants to eliminate that ban and bring back his personal gravy train,” Richardson said. Earmarks divide candidates in Kansas House race 2014-07-16T04:00:00Z They just don’t need to be intervening or picking which companies to incubate – all of that turns into a gravy train for politicians. Trouble in Paradise: Why Business Incubators Don't Work 2014-06-30T04:00:00Z Woods himself cultivated that brand and, for many years, cashed in on sponsors who saw him as a gravy train opportunity. Tiger Woods didn’t get the score he wanted, but gave golf the round it needed He pledged to end David Miller’s “gravy train” and elitist “war on cars” and new subway lines for alienated suburbs. Don’t Count Out Teflon Ford Just Yet 2014-05-02T20:17:10Z He will want to avoid being boxed into a corner over the issue of expenses and his party's alleged exploitation of the Brussels gravy train. Nick Clegg v Nigel Farage 2014-03-26T02:09:29Z He introduced a bill that would officially disincorporate the city and put an end to this little-known gravy train for lawyers, consultants and politicians. Chris Lehane Out-Washingtons Washington 2014-02-26T10:00:03Z "The compensation gravy train running across various government departments is absorbing vital money which is badly needed not just for transport but for health and education in particular. It must be derailed." Department pays £21m in compensation 2013-12-12T06:21:29Z “The only way she could stay on the gravy train was by having his children.” Wealth Matters: Fertility Treatments Produce Heirs Their Parents Never Knew 2013-08-30T15:00:02Z Twitter’s a great place to land, but the odds are against Twitter Commerce ever being a gravy train. Twitter Commerce: A Wow Or An Eh? 2013-08-29T12:44:00Z The gravy train is out of control, he argues. Papers debate pressure on Miliband 2013-08-21T06:05:42Z The says "enough is enough" after 11 years of inflation-busting rises on what it calls the "gravy train". Papers angry about rail fare rises 2013-08-14T05:19:08Z Meanwhile, the Daily Mail accuses rail bosses of being on an £11m gravy train. Summer sun keeps papers occupied 2013-07-19T05:07:12Z For the Mail it is a "comic book parody of waste" while the and illustrates perfectly "the revolting sense of entitlement of all those riding first class aboard the Brussels gravy train". EU leaders come under fire in papers 2013-06-29T04:38:36Z His platform was stopping the government “gravy train.” Toronto Mayor Makes Canadian Politics Interesting Again 2013-06-04T11:05:25Z You are a saint.The endless disasters are effectively stage managed to provide gravy train work for more 'deserving' people. Why does the NHS keep making the same mistakes? 2013-05-02T12:12:50Z To answer the question I posed with this article — Is the Internet shopping gravy train over for Amazon, eBay and others? Obama and the Senate Target The Internet Shopping Gravy Train For Amazon, eBay And Others 2013-04-23T14:04:03Z The conductor of this gravy train was a fresh-faced, popular athletic director. Clouds of crisis, controversy surround Rutgers 2013-04-06T20:05:09Z The cable companies are too entrenched and making too much money to risk disrupting their gravy train. App.net Just Went From Twitter Clone To A Scale Model Of Something Much, Much More 2013-02-25T17:59:46Z BAT documents reveal that the company saw Sorepex as a "gravy train" and a way of providing "cover, albeit increasingly flimsy, for BAT in some fairly shady business". How cigarette smuggling fuels Africa's Islamist violence 2013-01-27T00:04:10Z “But the gravy train, if you’ve noticed, is starting to slow down considerably.” Indiana’s Gambling Lock Loosened by Competition 2013-01-24T02:20:53Z But beware parallel disillusion as the next great legal gravy train comes roaring down the track. Leveson's legal eagles will repeat all the old mistakes 2012-12-16T00:06:11Z There's this misconception that President Obama has been a gravy train of funding. On the edge of the "cliff," U.S. cities like Charleston 2012-12-09T06:03:28Z The former commercial television executive, David Elstein, writing in the, says "it's surely time for the gravy train to be derailed". BBC changes discussed in papers 2012-11-23T05:54:53Z I can tell you with surety That Social Security Is not what I’d call “gravy train”! Salon limerick contest 2012-08-20T14:25:00Z In a letter to shareholders, Mr. Heineman’s upstart group accused the railroad’s managers of running a “gravy train” for themselves and called for “an end to laxness, extravagance and inefficiency.” Ben Heineman, Railroad Executive and Johnson Adviser, Dies at 98 2012-08-10T03:50:01Z Now the gravy train is supposed to come screeching to a halt. China Hits ‘Naked Officials’ 2012-07-15T08:45:00Z As the Olympic gravy train rolls into town, there's money and exposure to gained from that, too. Once musicians were too cool for the terraces – not now 2012-06-27T14:29:44Z Trips to India, China or Chicago and the hundreds of millions of euros in loans handed to executives, board members and their families formed part of the gravy train of political favouritism and cronyism. Spain's savings banks' culture of greed, cronyism and political meddling 2012-06-08T17:13:47Z And so the gravy train has left the station. Fascinating Debate Over Statins For Primary Prevention 2012-05-30T17:22:15Z With enrollment numbers and tuitions ticking up, Bill Clinton’s election briefly threatened the plans of those planning to take the federal loan gravy train private. Mitt?s student loan flip-flop 2012-04-23T12:12:00Z Normal American corporate governance practice allows disgraced CEOs to keep milking the board-of-directors gravy train for years after their dishonor is exposed. Wal-Mart?s shame grows worse 2012-04-25T16:30:00Z Using the Establishment as a foil is a risky move for a man who netted more than $3 million in 2010 from the political gravy train. Bracing for a Loss in Florida, Gingrich Reinvents Himself as a Grassroots Insurgent 2012-01-31T10:05:00Z But even with a Tea Party-infused Congress hostile to government spending, chances are slim in an election year that what some call a gravy train will be stopped. Analysis: tax breaks on autopilot with little debate 2012-01-15T13:09:42Z We need leadership with a backbone to stand up and cut off the gravy train. CLASS Aside, Long-Term Care is a Key to Entitlement Reform 2011-10-31T18:44:52Z When executives fret about trade wars, they’re thinking about the China gravy train -- cheap labor and lax environmental rules --that pumps up earnings, not workers. China as U.S. Banker Plays Role in Obama Campaign: William Pesek 2011-11-15T22:39:27Z But we know the bankers are already on the gravy train, with executive pay outstripping workers' wages by a factor of three. Our policymakers have no plan for growth 2011-07-10T18:10:21Z The federal budget is a gravy train for rich people. Obama's Obsession With Millionaire Tax Rates 2011-04-18T22:31:14Z In 2009 the National Academy of Sciences published a 136-page report, "Opportunities in Neuroscience for Future Army Applications," that advised brain scientists on how to get on board the military gravy train. Beware the military-psychological complex: A $125-million program to boost soldiers' "fitness" raises ethical questions 2011-04-18T21:15:00.310Z Joseph Antos, a health policy expert at the American Enterprise Institute who supports Ryan's proposal, says "the whole idea is to tell the health sector that the Medicare gravy train has come to a halt." The Audacity of Paul Ryan 2011-04-07T03:01:26Z What was clear is that almost everyone with a connection to Junker was on board for a long ride on the gravy train. Tale of Fiesta Bowl is excess and greed 2011-03-31T00:19:20Z “I call this the income tax gravy train,” Ms. Stogdill said. Bucks: Tax Season Gets Tricker for Some Gay Couples 2011-03-29T20:40:47Z Every way of boarding the gravy train was tried. Will Hutton's naive pay review won't stop the bosses' bonus racket 2011-03-15T19:30:00Z People are actually dying before the insolvency gravy train comes to a halt. Insolvency industry 'cashing in' 2011-01-07T00:12:53Z And there's no obvious sign right now of anything derailing that gravy train. CES 2011: Ballmer keynote underwhelms 2011-01-06T08:30:44Z “It serves as a gravy train for a very bloated employment system, and, yes, there is huge overlap between the agencies.” A Bloated U.N. Bureaucracy Causes Bewilderment 2011-01-05T19:28:44Z Big Pharma must help as well, and that means climbing down off the opioid gravy train and working harder to develop more nonaddictive painkillers — even if it means fewer sales and lower profits. The New Drug Crisis: Addiction by Prescription 2010-09-04T21:00:00Z The bribes, which were put at significantly more than $100,000, were paid to city workers to “essentially look the other way and grease the gravy train.” Before the Mosque Debate, Some Early Missteps 2010-08-11T13:10:00Z Beginning on Monday, a start-up called Cameo Stars will try to hop aboard the social media gravy train by selling video greetings from celebrities and athletes on Facebook. Just Click for Messages From the Stars 2010-08-02T02:14:00Z August 01 Just Click for Messages From the Stars A start-up called Cameo Stars will try to hop aboard the social media gravy train by selling video greetings from celebrities and athletes on Facebook. CBS Adds 3 Gay Roles 2010-08-02T02:08:00Z “The gravy train is not likely to be one that leads to a democratic destination,” Professor Masunungure said. Diamond Discovery Could Lift Zimbabwe or Bolster Mugabe 2010-06-22T01:10:00Z That creates a veritable gravy train for the government, with cases served up on a silver platter by companies trying to lessen the penalties. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act Cases Rise, Fines Mounting 2010-04-07T09:25:00Z "Now everyone wants to get on the Libya gravy train." Can Gaddafi's Son Reform Libya? 2010-03-27T16:25:00Z The banks continue to show the scars of the credit crunch - but to many observers it seems those responsible for the financial crisis are still riding the gravy train. Banker's bonuses 2010-02-26T23:37:00Z So, allow me to let you in on a little secret…do what you can to keep the gravy train going because I doubt you'll end 2010 as famous as you started it. 2009-12-30T20:06:00Z Far from being sidetracked, the security services rode the gravy train. Russian Roulette: Russia's Economy in Putin's Era |
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