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They controlled both houses of congress for 10 of the last 15 years and the White House for four of those ten, but the only health care initiative they passed was the Medicare prescription drug bill that included non-negotiable rates that ultimately results in a kick-back to the drug makers.
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That would be a pretty crappy kick-back my doctor is getting.
The New Yorker on the underground world of “neuroenhancing” drugs. - Boing Boing 2009
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Grab some armour piercing rounds, augment your machine gun to reduce kick-back and build some turrets, sentry bots and remote-controlled bomb-cars.
Rage – review 2011
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Plans for the day included a lot of relaxation, more of the downloads, some WoW, and general kick-back until 3-ish.
Straight Outta Nowhere herince_emyn 2010
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Mr. Dimon has real insider knowledge of this dark side of the muni market; since his firm in 2009 paid $75 million in penalties and forfeited $647 million to settle SEC charges in an alleged municipal bond kick-back and derivative scam.
Chriss Street: Why Bankers Want a Muni Bond Taxpayer Bailout Chriss Street 2011
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"With all that water in her, the schooner'll have a real kick-back in her when she's hit," Daughtry said.
CHAPTER XV 2010
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Mr. Dimon has real insider knowledge of this dark side of the muni market; since his firm in 2009 paid $75 million in penalties and forfeited $647 million to settle SEC charges in an alleged municipal bond kick-back and derivative scam.
Chriss Street: Why Bankers Want a Muni Bond Taxpayer Bailout Chriss Street 2011
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"I couldn't think of a politically correct way to word the kick-back item -- thought you might want to take a crack at that," a consultant working for the union wrote in a candid email uncovered during an investigation -- a consultant from Aon.
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Also it smooths out road irregularities transmitted into the cabin, as well as steering kick-back and the ball joint adds flexibility and cushioning.
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It also produces a bureaucratic leviathan that hands the people over to their government from cradle to grave; a government that uses it as milch cow in myriad corrupt deals and patronage of cronies in bent kick-back contracts and no-show jobs.
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