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...this what they mean by putting an end to partisan bickering? Reaching across the aisle to share focus groups? The lifeblood of the world's largest economy was clotting, but the men who would be President answered with shared simplifications: muttered prayers to the god of oversight, an idle hope that taxpayers might awaken one day to a windfall, and the timeless amusement of humble millionaires bashing arrogant millionaires on behalf of folks who may never breathe debt-free...
...college students involving themselves in issues facing the city and state that they live in for four years. Alongside a necessary attention to the safety of its residents, the state of Massachusetts also has the obligation to respect and support the institutions that are in many ways its lifeblood...
...Tories vowed that they would not resort to inflationary spending to stimulate the economy and promised to return already nationalized firms (British Airways, British Telecom, Rolls-Royce) to the private sector. The Prime Minister took special delight in promising to reform the unions, her bitterest enemies and the lifeblood of the Labor Party (they provide 90% of its funds). The middle
...economic policy. It is relentlessly detailed, almost claustrophobic in its proportion of charts to text. The subject matter is not especially unusual for a Republican: cut government spending, cut taxes, be more competitive in the global marketplace. It's just that these sorts of arid managerial charts, the lifeblood of Romney's previous career as a consultant, generally don't fit the crowd-energizing mood of the political stump speech. It's less the "Fired up! Ready to go!" chant made famous in the resurgent Obama campaign than the hushed whisper of an E.F. Hutton TV spot...
...police checkpoints and watched by thousands of Iraqi police and armed neighborhood watchmen, leading to the nickname "Fortress Fallujah." "It's an unfortunate side effect of securing the city," Miller explained, reminding his Iraqi partners that the main drag through the city, which used to feed the district its lifeblood of customers and commercial traffic, is also part of the traditional "rat line" or infiltration route for insurgents...