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- noun Plural form of
contractor .
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Blackwater mercenaries, West Point graduates & other contractors 'tales yahooBuzzArticleHeadline =' Blackwater mercenaries, West Point graduates & other contractors\ 'tales'; yahooBuzzArticleSummary = 'Article: I thought I might have radioactive teeth from brushing them in Euphrates River water -- but then I met a KBR contractor who was in much worse shape.
Blackwater mercenaries, West Point graduates & other contractors' tales 2007
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McCaskill acknowledged that progress had been made in improving contracting accountability, citing the fact that when she first arrived in the Senate limited data on contracts related to the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan was not available, but as of June 2009 we were able to know that 75,000 contractors, including 5,200 private security contractors¸ were in Afghanistan and were being tracked in a joint database.
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If you read the nut job conspiracy theorist websites, everyone who works for NASA or their contractors is a crook.
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•According to USAID, the administrative and financial burden of entering individual data for all its partners (which it defines as contractors and grantees) outweighs the benefits, because many do not require LOAs.
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•According to USAID, the administrative and financial burden of entering individual data for all its partners (which it defines as contractors and grantees) outweighs the benefits, because many do not require LOAs.
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Who cares if one of the contractors is the client of a former Bush I appointee and is headed up by the head of the state Democratic party?
Correcting the facts and missing the truth « BuzzMachine 2005
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The decades old F-22 fighter by defense contractors is another waste.
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• Limit the reach of alternative certification and preparation programs for teachers, establishing clear professional distinctions between career educators and short-term contractors;
Shaun Johnson: Why I'm Marching to Save our Schools Shaun Johnson 2011
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• Limit the reach of alternative certification and preparation programs for teachers, establishing clear professional distinctions between career educators and short-term contractors;
Shaun Johnson: Why I'm Marching to Save our Schools Shaun Johnson 2011
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The Wall Street Journal reports that “executive pay at government contractors is drawing scrutiny from federal auditors, who have questioned some companies about compensation and pensions they have charged taxpayers.”
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