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Example sentences for: crony

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And while I think logic and evidence are on my side--that demography, not crony capitalism, is the villain, and inflation is the answer--it is certainly possible that I am wrong.
Pat Buchanan ( The McLaughlin Group ) denounced the "crony capitalism" of Asia and predicted that the coming International Monetary Fund bailout will run into the hundreds of billions of dollars.
Did somebody say "crony capitalism"?
I was not a confidant or crony of President Nixon, but I saw him frequently during his whole tenure of office, when I was a member and then chairman of his Council of Economic Advisers.
Late last week I heard that Jay is getting married (to the youngest daughter of a political crony) and has failed to invite me.