The real Abscam bore the bland stamp of watchful bureaucrats, from then-FBI Director William Webster, a former federal judge, to careful Justice Department attorneys, on down to the gimlet-eyed auditors who balked at burgeoning expenses.
Okay businesses, but not growing fast enough to cover its burgeoning expenses.
At the same time the slow burgeoning of expenses that MPs came to see as an entitlement distanced parliamentarians from the everyday concerns, not to mention the ethical moorings, of their constituents.
West was endearing himself to so-called deplorables and the burgeoning alt-right at the expense of alienating a significant swath of his broad fanbase, not least African Americans.
Gruver is part of a burgeoning backlash against the hassle and expense of the traditional lawn.
The procedure was successful, but Ronan's doctors visits and other medical expenses left his family with burgeoning debt.
He seems intent on making the most of this by diverting his country's burgeoning oil revenues to social expenditure, at the expense of debt repayment.Mr Palacio owes his new job to last month's week of protests in Quito, the country's capital, after which 60 of the intrigue-riven Congress's 100 members voted to replace the elected president, Lucio Gutiérrez, with Mr Palacio, his vice-president.
However, with burgeoning content acquisition costs and sales & marketing expenses, the need for an alternate sustainable revenue source has arisen.
He writes of a burgeoning Jewish population after World War I "at the expense of the Arab population". It should be pointed out that Jews purchased the land they settled on, most of it swamp and desert.
The Long Now is an organization founded to combat our culture's burgeoning obsession with momentary, short term gains made at the expense of long-term planning.
It does not involve ranchers, miners or loggers, but centers on the burgeoning outdoor recreation industry, which some say is expanding at the expense of the environment.
