tin-cup

• “More photos and interactive graphics Interactive: Track the Latest Libya Events It is true that in the early 1990s, during the run-up to the first Persian Gulf war that drove Iraqi troops out of Kuwait, then-Secretary of State James Baker flew around allied capitals seeking contributions to help with war costs, a journey reporters dubbed the tin-cup tour.”

  The Wall Street Journal: Austerity Guides U.S. Strategy

• “There is going to be this tin-cup mentality for [the counterterrorism unit] until they're formally, constitutionally recognized as part of the Iraqi system," he said.”

  The Washington Post: Extremist groups ‘very much alive' in Iraq, U.S. Special Forces official says

• “Mr. Whitacre's bailout payback ploy is a desperate attempt to win back the car-buying public deeply disgusted by the spectacle of GM rattling its tin-cup before Uncle Sam.”

  Forbes: Still Government Motors

• “A frequently misunderstood aspect of nonprofits is the idea that fundraising is somehow a tin-cup substitute for a smart business plan.”

  Seeking fundraising help from the pros: Where ProPublica is turning » Nieman Journalism Lab

• “Struggling schools can do only so much on a tin-cup budget.”

  Dan Brown: Senator Kennedy, No Child Left Behind, and the Dropout Crisis

• “Ask Arnold Schwarzenegger, the tin-cup terminator.”

  The Wall Street Journal: California's Dilemma

• “While the country writhes in economic crisis, the corporate lineup for bailouts takes on the tin-cup look of a 1930s bread line, and the housing and equities markets swoon on, the State of Missouri continues to perpetuate a monstrous act of post-election fiscal irresponsibility.”

  The 2008 Election: Politics and Power

• “Kenny filled a battered tin-cup with something he had to sniff for purposes of identity, unearthed a number of brushes and defiantly polished a palette with a wad of cheesecloth.”

  Kenny

• “Mary Fuller took the tin-cup pointed out, and filled it with water.”

  The Old Homestead

• “Driscol obeyed, and it was not long before he was seated in the cabin with a tin-cup in his hand, and its generous contents finding their way rapidly down his capacious throat.”

  Western Characters or Types of Border Life in the Western States

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