Word: approaching
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...only way out, according to Courtis, may well be for the Bank of Japan to print more money. That approach to dealing with the debt load, he said, would cause a torrent of wealth to leave Japan and push international stock markets higher (or at least put a floor under their decline). But it would also mean a lower yen and thus more attractive Japanese exports. Though other economies might be leery of that, Courtis suggested they should prefer a low yen to a deeply indebted Japan. "You can't have it both ways," he said...
...senate passed its smaller bill, Bush launched another personality blitz, trying to find compromise between the two versions. He turned the Governor's office into a war room, jawboned the Republican and Democratic caucuses, met with smaller groups and individual legislators--and discovered the limits of the personal approach to politics. He couldn't get enough Republicans to vote for a plan that smelled like a tax increase, even though its offsetting tax cuts were much larger. The bill was dead--and that, says Laney, "is when he grabbed his little piece of his pie." The $1 billion budget surplus...
...approach this project as a human story first, or as a genre film...
...think we learned from it, we are going to approach the game with confidence and play as hard as we can," Botterill said...
...acknowledging McCain's ability to appeal to moderates and independents." Says Tumulty. "Republicans in the House and Senate are now reaching out to McCain's playbook by toning down their tax bill. While last year they called for drastic tax cuts, now they're using McCain's approach to seeking 'targeted tax cuts'." Even if Bush wins on Saturday, it still looks as though he faces an uphill battle to reestablish what once was his greatest asset -- his November electability...