So far the union health plans, which the tobacco firms like to accuse of complicity with anti-smoking Democrats in Congress, have won nothing.
Perhaps this is what prompted long time collaborator Francis Ford Coppola, who directed Pacino and De Niro in "The Godfather" trilogy, to accuse them, along with Jack Nicholson, of lacking ambition and passion.
American officials deem Mr Zardari corrupt and impotent, and accuse military intelligence of colluding with the Taliban.
She dismissed concerns raised by critics who accuse Francis of being complicit with Argentina's brutal military dictatorship from the 1970s -- an accusation the Catholic Church denies.
For example Goodwin Liu, whom Mr Obama has nominated to a lower court, has run into trouble with critics who accuse him of withholding information about his liberal beliefs.
Benedict's critics accuse him of not keeping up with the times.
The Conservatives will accuse Labour of not doing enough with the money they do have, while Plaid will welcome the money but warn that Labour will waste it.
Such assurances cut little ice with the locals, who accuse officials of underplaying the problem.
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James Whiting, deputy head of Chiswick Community School in west London, said it was unfair to accuse schools of bumping up league tables with vocational qualifications.
Leftist parties accuse the PRI of being in league with Calderon's conservative National Action Party (PAN), and they hope to pick up disgruntled voters in coming elections.
In years past, the European Commission used to accuse well-known firms of colluding with smugglers by slipping them merchandise that was destined to enter the European Union illegally.
Team fans have long had a complicated relationship with the Glazers, whom they accuse of weakening the team.
Obama supporters accuse the Romney campaign of packing the room with supporters.
Mexican prosecutors accuse Mr Salas of being the man tasked with guarding Joaquin Guzman, the fugitive leader of the Sinaloa cartel.
Now they accuse Mr Kagame of cutting a secret deal with him.
And there's lots of rhetoric from Republicans and Democrats - the Republicans, basically, accusing the Democrats of wanting to cut and run from a fight with terrorists, while the Democrats accuse the Republicans of allowing the nation to be pulled into an extended sectarian war among Iraqi factions.
Away from the bank, he was even taking extra bets with his own money, leading the prosecution to accuse him of being "addicted to gambling".
Those tweets, with half a dozen others, led prosecutors to accuse the 43-year-old pianist of "explicitly insulting religious values, " an offense that can carry a 12-month jail sentence.
In a complaint that was filed under seal and placed, in heavily redacted form, in the public record this week, plaintiff lawyers accuse the firms of rewarding competitors who stepped out of the bidding with a piece of the deals after they are won.
The legal profession and its liberal supporters will accuse him of playing to the tabloid gallery, while many of those with whom he would once have struck a chord will dismiss it as just more talk from a prime minister whose time is running out.
Like I said back in April when the Levin report first came out, the question and answer session between Senators and executives during the testimony was so incredibly rife with unclarity and so confusing that it would be hard to accuse the executives of willingly giving false answers.
But with all the parties, banquets and karaoke, no one could accuse him of being lazy.
In a lengthy interview with the official Petra news agency, Mr Bakhit went on to accuse radical and "immature" elements in the Muslim Brotherhood of seeking to hijack the movement, and take it into dangerous territory.
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Many accuse him of dithering, and even close allies such as Britain are expressing exasperation with the delay in Washington.
They accuse Bob Murray, CEO of the mine operator's parent company, of not being honest with the miners' families.
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