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Business Definition for: Dole Bludger

  • somebody who lives off social security payments and makes no attempt to find work

Wiktionary Definition for: Dole Bludger

  • pejorative slang AU An unemployed person who has no intention of seeking a job, and survives on unemployment benefits.

Additional Resources

Dole for veep - Robert Dole
Dole for Veep THE REPUBLICAN NOMINEE, who only reached his high office by another man's appointment, faces a fresh Democrat who leads him in the polls. So he turns, to broaden his political base and show his imagination, to--Bob Dole. No, we're not talking about 1976, when...
Tags: Bush, Democrat, Ford Motor Co., Republican
Research articles 1988-07-22
Candidate Dole
In the 2000 race for the White House, she is striving to do what has never before been done -- become the first Dole elected president. Scripps Howard News ServiceWASHINGTON -- Why does Elizabeth Dole want to be president? Strangely enough, she doesn't always like that obvious inquiry, possibly sensing...
Tags: president, White House, women
Research articles 1999-05-17
Dole on a roll - Senate Republican Leader Bob Dole
Briefing reporters on February 24, presidential spokesman George Stephanopoulos dismissed the assertion by Senate Republican Leader Bob Dole that the Clinton economic plan was in trouble because it contained too much in taxes, too little in spending cuts. Dole and the Republicans, he said, had done "a good job of...
Tags: FINANCE, leader, Republican, Taxes, U.S. Senate, White House
Research articles 1993-03-29
Why Dole can't do it
Why DOLE Can't Do It I HAD NOT SEEN Robert Dole in the flesh since the Dallas convention, so, to refresh my memory, I went up to Bedford, New Hampshire, to catch his appearance at the Second Annual Political Affairs Luncheon of the New Hampshire Association of Realtors. ...
Tags: FINANCE, Republican, Taxes, U.S. Congress, U.S. Senate
Research articles 1987-12-04
Extol Dole? (poem)
Extol Dole? We formerly did not extol The US. Senates Robert Dole. For one, we didn't share his goal The rich must pay a lighter toll. For two, there's not a single soul Who thinks of him as Old King Cole: He's just as...
Tags: U.S. Congress
Research articles 1994-12-19
General sessions to feature dole, Tenet.(ASIS NEWS)(Bob Dole, George J. Tenet )(Biography)
The ASIS International 52nd Annual Seminar and Exhibits in San Diego, September 25-28, will include Tuesday and Wednesday general sessions by two respected veterans of U.S. security and intelligence. Dole. Tuesday's opening session will feature the legendary national politician and war hero Bob Dole....
Tags: director, president, Republican, SECURITY, Tenet, U.S., U.S. Senate
Research articles 2006-06-01
ADVISORY/Bob Dole Booksigning At Barnes & Noble - Media Alert & Photo Opportunity
--BUSINESS WIRE-- WHO: Senator Bob Dole WHAT: While Bob Dole didn't quite make it to the White House, he
Tags: Barnes & Noble Inc.
Research articles 1998-09-22
Robert J. Dole
Robert J. Dole Robert J. Dole (born 1923) of Kansas represented that state in the Senate from 1968 until 1996. He served as Republican National Committee chair under President Richard Nixon and was Gerald Ford's running mate in 1976. As Senate majority leader during the second administration of President Ronald...
Tags: CAREER, president, Republican, Transportation, U.S. Senate
Research articles 2005-01-01
Robert J. Dole
Robert J. Dole Robert J. Dole (born 1923) of Kansas represented that state in the Senate from 1968 until 1996. He served as Republican National Committee chair under President Richard Nixon and was Gerald Ford's running mate in 1976. As Senate majority leader during the second administration of President Ronald...
Tags: CAREER, Leadership, president, Republican, U.S. Senate
Research articles 2003-01-01
Daschle & Dole: Together Again
After demonizing Tom Daschle, the Republicans defeated him, the first time in memory a Senate leader has been taken out. But whatever hard feelings he may harbor, Daschle set them aside when Bob Dole came calling. Having served opposite Daschle before leaving the Senate to run for president in 1996,...
Tags: Leadership, Litigation, U.S. Senate
Research articles 2005-03-13
Fluff in the Senate.(Senate Majority Leader and presidential candidate Bob Dole)(reprinted from the May 8, 1996, Washington Post)
Sen Bob Dole reportedly will introduce three pieces of legislation that are apparently politically inspired and contradictory in nature. Dole reportedly plans to ask for a gas tax cut, a 'takings' bill that would increase federal costs, and legislation to provide a balanced budget amendment.Even by the forgiving standards of...
Tags: FINANCE, Taxes, U.S. Senate, Washington Post Co.
Research articles 1996-05-13
Capital briefs
* LIDDY LEAVES: The chief beneficiary of Elizabeth Dole's surprise exit from the GOP presidential field last week, pundits speculated, will be Sen. John McCain (R.Ariz.), although a number of her supporters are also expected to move to George W. Bush. McCain and Dole were competing for middle-of-the-road GOP support,...
Tags: Government, nomination, U.S. Congress, U.S. Senate
Research articles 1999-10-29
Dole, Disney Dangle Family Cruise Vacation via POP, Web - marketing promotion; Dole Food Company Inc., Disney Cruise Lines - Brief Article
WESTLAKE VILLAGE, CALIF.-- Dole Food is partnering with Disney Cruise Line for a "Dole Family Reunion" mail-in sweepstakes that will offer one family (up to 16 people!) a vacation cruise to the Bahamas and Disney's private island retreat, Castaway Cay. The promo, via Flair Communications, El Segundo, Calif., will be...
Tags: Disney Corp., marketing, Web
Research articles 2000-12-11
On the Dole, worth a Gramm. (Republican Congressmen Bob Dole and Phil Gramm argue with one another about welfare reform)(American Survey)
Gramm and Dole are using the welfare reform issue to further their own political agendas. Gramm and Dole will be competing against one another for the Republican presidential nomination. Welfare reform offers each opportunities to present their social policy positions.AT THE start of the week, Bill Clinton and Bob Dole...
Tags: Government, Mr., Republican, survey, U.S. Senate, welfare
Research articles 1995-08-05
Dole Spinach. (New Products).(Dole Fresh Vegetables Inc. adds new products to Dole Salads Blend line)(Brief Article)
Dole Fresh Vegetables Inc., a leading provider of packaged salads, announced Baby Spinach, Baby Spinach with Radicchio and Baby Spinach with Red Leaf as the newest varieties to join the Dole Salads Blend line. The new blends provide value for consumers and promote variety in the...
Tags: blend, salad, U.S. Department of Agriculture
Research articles 2003-02-01
Dole indicates mandate relief will top agenda for new Senate. (Senator Bob Dole)
Mandate relief looks to be the first order of business for the new Senate when it convenes in January. Senate Republican Leader Robert Dole (R-Kans.) told the nation's Republican governors that the first bill introduced in the next Congress, S. 1, will be a...
Tags: FINANCE, leader, Republican, Sen., Taxes, U.S. Congress, U.S. Senate
Research articles 1994-12-05
California-Based Dole Food May Be for Sale.(Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News)
Jan. 19--Dole Food Co. Inc., reeling from falling stock prices, weak European sales and the devastation of its Central American operations by Hurricane Mitch, said Tuesday it has hired the investment banker Goldman Sachs to explore "strategic alternatives to enhance shareholder value." Analysts...
Tags: FINANCE, food, Goldman Sachs & Co., Investment, Manufacturing
Research articles 2000-01-23
Dole Food Company, Inc. Announces Second Quarter Earnings Forecast
WESTLAKE VILLAGE, Calif.--BUSINESS WIRE--May 20, 1999-- Dole Food Company, Inc. (NYSE:DOL) announced today that its second quarter earnings are expected to be materially below previous estimates. Dole stated that an increased allocation of banana licenses into the European Union and continued softness in demand from Eastern Europe and Russia...
Tags: Business Wire, earnings, FINANCE, Manufacturing
Research articles 1999-05-20
Elizabeth Hanford Dole
Elizabeth Hanford Dole Elizabeth Hanford Dole (born 1936), has worked as a lawyer, White House aide, cabinet officer, and president of the American Red Cross. Elizabeth Hanford was born and grew up in Salisbury, North Carolina, the daughter of wholesale flower dealers. She was a political science major at Duke...
Tags: American Red Cross, FTC, husband, president, Republican, secretary, senator, Transportation, U.S. Department of Transportation
Research articles 2005-01-01
Elizabeth Hanford Dole
Elizabeth Hanford Dole Elizabeth Hanford Dole (born 1936), has worked as a lawyer, White House aide, cabinet officer, and president of the American Red Cross. Elizabeth Hanford was born and grew up in Salisbury, North Carolina, the daughter of wholesale flower dealers. She was a political science major at Duke...
Tags: American Red Cross, FTC, husband, president, Republican, secretary, senator, Transportation, U.S. Department of Transportation
Research articles 2003-01-01
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