Word: basic
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Dates: during 2000-2000
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...travesties of this election drama will not quickly leave the collective American consciousness. Serious doubts over Bush's legitimacy, the impartiality of the Supreme Court and the basic functioning of our democratic process have been raised. They will not fade easily. But the one glimmer of hope that we can garner from the ebbing chaos is that these lingering questions should serve in the long run to improve our democracy and the functioning of the American government...
...used to be that if you wanted it enough, you could find some sort of job," Jeune says. "Now, you need a basic knowledge of the language because people won't take the time to explain things to you. Now, you need a certificate even to clean a nursing home...
...cases had been together from the beginning. They shared not only the essential issues but most of the Bush legal team, and the basic facts in both were never in dispute: Two Republican supervisors of elections had allowed Republican party workers access to two stacks of absentee ballot applications, in order to fill in voter ID numbers - left off the forms in a printing error - and save the applications from the trash...
Here's some basic math. The NASDAQ has lost half its value. To get even, it must double. At 10% a year, money doubles in about seven years. That gets you the drawn-out recovery. Yet no-dividend growth stocks should compound at 12% to 15%, implying a recovery in about five years. And I believe the market has muscle memory; having been there once, it's easier to get back. My prediction? Three years. Odds are I'm wrong. What's important, though, is that I'm mentally set for a grind. Go ahead, Mr. Market, surprise me, pleeeeze...
Once one is settled in an apartment or house, life is quite manageable for foreigners, especially if they learn some Italian. Basic medical care is accessible and decent. A resident's visa is easy to obtain, although a visitor's visa may be fine for brief stays. Foreigners can e-mail those back home, as well as open a bank account for depositing U.S. checks...