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Congress has the purse strings. i would be careful about trying to restructure the US Constitution, i think we should leave it alone and make sure it operates correctly. – Brian Moynihan	Found on CNN 1 year ago
Who steals my purse steals trash; But he that filches from me my good name robs me of that which not enriches him and makes me poor indeed. – Othello	added by acronimous 1 year ago
One of the individuals was operating the moped while the other pulled the victim's purse off of her shoulder, due to the speed of the moped and the force used to grab the purse, the victim fell to the ground and sustained injuries to her face and right hand. – The NYPD	Found on FOX News 1 year ago
It’s not like they try to steal your wallet or your purse and get your information that way, it’s called targeteering – they identify, ‘OK, we need a list, we need somebody in your State Department,’ or, ‘We need somebody at the United Nations’ … and they do their homework and they study. – Rebekah Koffler	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
Justice oft leans to the side where the purse pulls. – Proverb	added by proverbbbbbbbbbb_1 2 years ago
As a Black woman in America, racism is absolutely inescapable. It shows up in all the little places and all the big places and all the places you don't expect. Sometimes it's in a textbook. Sometimes it's in a purse grabbed as I walk by, sometimes it's in a question about my hair, my skin, if anyone believes we have even come close to solving issues of racism and discrimination, they're mistaken. If I'm afraid to go for a run, go buy a snack, go to sleep in my own bed behind my own locked door, we aren't finished working yet. – Ashley Jones	Found on CNN 2 years ago
She fell to the ground, hit her head and suffered a brain bleed, among other injuries, but she’s tough and didn’t give up her purse or the money inside and should be out of the hospital soon. – Police Department	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
While I was talking to her I saw something move in her purse. – Ada Stewart	Found on FOX News 3 years ago
Just like they would take the opportunity to steal a womans purse or rob a bank or liquor store, who knows what drives that mentality. Its not like they walked in somewhere and engaged in a gunfight. Ron Hernandez speaks to reporters outside St. Francis Medical Center on Monday in Lynwood, Calif., where two Los Angeles County Sheriff's deputies are hospitalized after being shot. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis). – Ron Hernandez	Found on FOX News 3 years ago
Fools and the perverse fill the lawyers' purse. – Proverb	added by anonymous 3 years ago
When [de Blasio] first learned of the relief efforts of Samaritans Purse, he acted as if New York has been invaded by a hostile force. – William Donohue	Found on FOX News 4 years ago
He who has his purse full preaches to the poor man. – Proverb	added by anonymous 4 years ago
Doctors purge the body, ministers the conscience, lawyers the purse. – Proverb	added by anonymous 4 years ago
Whether thats your purse, your wallet, your phone, your laptop. Not worth getting injured or possibly losing your life over it, we want to remind our community, property can be replaced but you can not. – Oakland Police Department -RRB- Watson	Found on FOX News 4 years ago
When the police arrived, Anthony Prate was taken into custody and is currently being held in CookCounty Jail without bond. Daniels grisly death has put the spotlight back on the bizarre events leading up to the death of Anthony Prate first wife, Bridget Prate, who died in 2011. CHICAGO TODDLER UNHURT AS FATHER AND ANOTHER MAN DIE IN GUNFIRE EXCHANGE In that incident, Anthony Prate claimed Anthony Prate overheard Anthony Prate wife talking to another man and said they were plotting to kill Anthony Prate. Anthony Prate dialed 911 and demanded that both Anthony Prate wife of nearly 20 years and the man she was talking to be arrested. When authorities arrived, Bridget Prate told them it had all been a big misunderstanding and the officers left. Anthony Prate was charged with first-degree murder in the Nov. 23 death of Anthony Prate girlfriend Malgorzata Daniel, a 48-year-old nurse who authorities said was stabbed 30 times in her home. ( Cook County Jail) Less than a week later, she was dead. Police found Bridgets crumpled body under the dashboard of a car that crashed while Prate was driving. Anthony Prate told the police that Anthony Prate wife had unbuckled Bridget Prate seat belt to look for Bridget Prate purse and a water bottle just seconds before Anthony Prate lost control of the vehicle, crossed over the center line, and hit an oncoming car and a tree before coming to a stop. When paramedics arrived, three bystanders had surrounded the car while Anthony Prate attempted to give mouth-to-mouth resuscitation to Anthony Prate wife. Bridget Prate didnt have a pulse and Bridget Prate wasnt breathing. One of the bystanders said Anthony Prate, who had suffered only minor injuries, looked frantic and shocked. – Chicago Tribune	Found on FOX News 4 years ago
My rent was in that purse, my apartment was in that purse. A couple took a chance on me, giving me a place to live while just starting a job. – Crystal Cray	Found on FOX News 4 years ago
Doctors purge the body,ministers the conscience,lawyers the purse. – Proverb	added by anonymous 5 years ago
The Constitution assigns Congress the power of the purse, and no prior president has ever tried to use emergency powers to fund a chosen project -- particularly a permanent, large-scale domestic project such as this -- against congressional will. This is obviously improper. – Dror Ladin	Found on CNN 5 years ago
One-hundred and fifty head of ponies control the purse strings of the entire island, we call it the 'Misty' mystique. – Denise Bowden	Found on CNN 5 years ago
Fortunately, Congress -- not the President -- has the power of the purse, and my colleagues and I will not stand idly by as this Administration ignores congressional intent. – Eliot Engel	Found on CNN 5 years ago
She carried it everywhere. That purse became a symbol. – Martha Simmons	Found on CNN 5 years ago
I think we have to turn it into a teaching moment, i'm fine. I'm worried about all the people out there who don't have a circle of friends and followers who come right to their defense. The person who is walking down the street minding their own business and they see somebody cling to their purse, or run across the street, or every black parent I know who has a boy who has to sit down and have a conversation -- the talk -- as we call it. As you say, those ordinary examples of racism that happen every single day. – Valerie Jarrett	Found on CNN 5 years ago
The restaurant thief was lurking around … and grabbed Anne’s bag from the back of her chair. At the time, we didn’t catch it … cops came and we filed a report at the restaurant; their security footage showed a man taking the bag. But when we went back to our hotel room … we were cleaned out. The thieves definitely had taste, they only took the good stuff … It didn’t occur to us at the time about the room key being in Anne’s purse, it couldn’t have been worse luck. – Jay McInerney	Found on FOX News 6 years ago
I’m 99 percent confident on the basis of the evidence I see, there was definitely a cover-up. Even as I was going through the documents, pages were just missing and removed. And they’re almost always connected somehow to Leslie Dillon or Mark Hansen. There are very serious questions about Leslie Dillon that can’t be answered… Her shoes and purse were found dumped in the trash can shortly after the murder by a local cafe owner. And that’s actually two blocks from where Leslie Dillon lived… The park where she was found is one he knew very well and in fact, used as a shortcut to get to where he lived. – Piu Eatwell	Found on FOX News 6 years ago

Congress has the purse strings. i would be careful about trying to restructure the US Constitution, i think we should leave it alone and make sure it operates correctly.

– Brian Moynihan

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Who steals my purse steals trash; But he that filches from me my good name robs me of that which not enriches him and makes me poor indeed.

– Othello

added by acronimous
1 year ago

One of the individuals was operating the moped while the other pulled the victim's purse off of her shoulder, due to the speed of the moped and the force used to grab the purse, the victim fell to the ground and sustained injuries to her face and right hand.

– The NYPD

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

It’s not like they try to steal your wallet or your purse and get your information that way, it’s called targeteering – they identify, ‘OK, we need a list, we need somebody in your State Department,’ or, ‘We need somebody at the United Nations’ … and they do their homework and they study.

– Rebekah Koffler

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

Justice oft leans to the side where the purse pulls.

– Proverb

added by proverbbbbbbbbbb_1
2 years ago

As a Black woman in America, racism is absolutely inescapable. It shows up in all the little places and all the big places and all the places you don't expect. Sometimes it's in a textbook. Sometimes it's in a purse grabbed as I walk by, sometimes it's in a question about my hair, my skin, if anyone believes we have even come close to solving issues of racism and discrimination, they're mistaken. If I'm afraid to go for a run, go buy a snack, go to sleep in my own bed behind my own locked door, we aren't finished working yet.

– Ashley Jones

Found on CNN
2 years ago

She fell to the ground, hit her head and suffered a brain bleed, among other injuries, but she’s tough and didn’t give up her purse or the money inside and should be out of the hospital soon.

– Police Department

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

While I was talking to her I saw something move in her purse.

– Ada Stewart

Found on FOX News
3 years ago

Just like they would take the opportunity to steal a womans purse or rob a bank or liquor store, who knows what drives that mentality. Its not like they walked in somewhere and engaged in a gunfight. Ron Hernandez speaks to reporters outside St. Francis Medical Center on Monday in Lynwood, Calif., where two Los Angeles County Sheriff's deputies are hospitalized after being shot. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis).

– Ron Hernandez

Found on FOX News
3 years ago

Fools and the perverse fill the lawyers' purse.

– Proverb

added by anonymous
3 years ago

When [de Blasio] first learned of the relief efforts of Samaritans Purse, he acted as if New York has been invaded by a hostile force.

– William Donohue

Found on FOX News
4 years ago

He who has his purse full preaches to the poor man.

– Proverb

added by anonymous
4 years ago

Doctors purge the body, ministers the conscience, lawyers the purse.

– Proverb

added by anonymous
4 years ago

Whether thats your purse, your wallet, your phone, your laptop. Not worth getting injured or possibly losing your life over it, we want to remind our community, property can be replaced but you can not.

– Oakland Police Department -RRB- Watson

Found on FOX News
4 years ago

When the police arrived, Anthony Prate was taken into custody and is currently being held in CookCounty Jail without bond. Daniels grisly death has put the spotlight back on the bizarre events leading up to the death of Anthony Prate first wife, Bridget Prate, who died in 2011. CHICAGO TODDLER UNHURT AS FATHER AND ANOTHER MAN DIE IN GUNFIRE EXCHANGE In that incident, Anthony Prate claimed Anthony Prate overheard Anthony Prate wife talking to another man and said they were plotting to kill Anthony Prate. Anthony Prate dialed 911 and demanded that both Anthony Prate wife of nearly 20 years and the man she was talking to be arrested. When authorities arrived, Bridget Prate told them it had all been a big misunderstanding and the officers left. Anthony Prate was charged with first-degree murder in the Nov. 23 death of Anthony Prate girlfriend Malgorzata Daniel, a 48-year-old nurse who authorities said was stabbed 30 times in her home. ( Cook County Jail) Less than a week later, she was dead. Police found Bridgets crumpled body under the dashboard of a car that crashed while Prate was driving. Anthony Prate told the police that Anthony Prate wife had unbuckled Bridget Prate seat belt to look for Bridget Prate purse and a water bottle just seconds before Anthony Prate lost control of the vehicle, crossed over the center line, and hit an oncoming car and a tree before coming to a stop. When paramedics arrived, three bystanders had surrounded the car while Anthony Prate attempted to give mouth-to-mouth resuscitation to Anthony Prate wife. Bridget Prate didnt have a pulse and Bridget Prate wasnt breathing. One of the bystanders said Anthony Prate, who had suffered only minor injuries, looked frantic and shocked.

– Chicago Tribune

Found on FOX News
4 years ago

My rent was in that purse, my apartment was in that purse. A couple took a chance on me, giving me a place to live while just starting a job.

– Crystal Cray

Found on FOX News
4 years ago

Doctors purge the body,ministers the conscience,lawyers the purse.

– Proverb

added by anonymous
5 years ago

The Constitution assigns Congress the power of the purse, and no prior president has ever tried to use emergency powers to fund a chosen project -- particularly a permanent, large-scale domestic project such as this -- against congressional will. This is obviously improper.

– Dror Ladin

Found on CNN
5 years ago

One-hundred and fifty head of ponies control the purse strings of the entire island, we call it the 'Misty' mystique.

– Denise Bowden

Found on CNN
5 years ago

Fortunately, Congress -- not the President -- has the power of the purse, and my colleagues and I will not stand idly by as this Administration ignores congressional intent.

– Eliot Engel

Found on CNN
5 years ago

She carried it everywhere. That purse became a symbol.

– Martha Simmons

Found on CNN
5 years ago

I think we have to turn it into a teaching moment, i'm fine. I'm worried about all the people out there who don't have a circle of friends and followers who come right to their defense. The person who is walking down the street minding their own business and they see somebody cling to their purse, or run across the street, or every black parent I know who has a boy who has to sit down and have a conversation -- the talk -- as we call it. As you say, those ordinary examples of racism that happen every single day.

– Valerie Jarrett

Found on CNN
5 years ago

The restaurant thief was lurking around … and grabbed Anne’s bag from the back of her chair. At the time, we didn’t catch it … cops came and we filed a report at the restaurant; their security footage showed a man taking the bag. But when we went back to our hotel room … we were cleaned out. The thieves definitely had taste, they only took the good stuff … It didn’t occur to us at the time about the room key being in Anne’s purse, it couldn’t have been worse luck.

– Jay McInerney

Found on FOX News
6 years ago

I’m 99 percent confident on the basis of the evidence I see, there was definitely a cover-up. Even as I was going through the documents, pages were just missing and removed. And they’re almost always connected somehow to Leslie Dillon or Mark Hansen. There are very serious questions about Leslie Dillon that can’t be answered… Her shoes and purse were found dumped in the trash can shortly after the murder by a local cafe owner. And that’s actually two blocks from where Leslie Dillon lived… The park where she was found is one he knew very well and in fact, used as a shortcut to get to where he lived.

– Piu Eatwell

Found on FOX News
6 years ago

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