Word: bedrock
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...changing reason to deny me his support." Of one private meeting with Bauer, Huckabee says, "It was like playing Whac-a-Mole at the arcade - whatever issue I addressed, another one surfaced as a 'problem' that made my candidacy unacceptable." He also accuses Bauer of putting national security before bedrock social issues like the sanctity of life and traditional marriage...
...seeking work in the right places. With consumers curbing discretionary spending, it makes sense to home in on recession-proof industries. "Health care has been the bulwark of the economy," says John Challenger, CEO of the global outplacement firm Challenger, Gray and Christmas. With proper medical attention a bedrock need, Challenger says a "wide swath of companies" have a need for physical therapists, nurses, medical records technologists and digital imaging specialists. Healthcare is also the industry showing the most growth in unionization, says Gordon Pavey, director of collective bargaining...
That said, it behooves us as citizens to remember that not all 46 percent of those who didn’t vote in 2004 failed to do so because of a scheduling conflict; some were merely apathetic, others illiterate, and still others indecisive. Political participation is the bedrock of American democracy, and those citizens abstaining out of mere lack of interest should remember that their vote, however insignificant it may seem, does actually matter...
...figures. By the end of last year, that figure had plunged to just 6.7%. Over the same period, according to a study by Nicholas Lardy of the Peterson Institute of International Economics in Washington, the percentage of banking assets in China that meet state-mandated capital-adequacy requirements - a bedrock measure of health for lenders - jumped to 79% from just 0.6%. "China's banks," says Lardy, "have been largely transformed over the past decade...
...Bloomberg's reversal underscores why term limits inspire robust debate, as both proponents and detractors can claim their position upholds democracy's bedrock principles. Supporters say term limits hold politicians accountable, usher in fresh views that shake up static power structures, and mitigate an incumbent's advantages. Opponents argue that in addition to creating lame ducks, term limits snatch away the public's fundamental right to choose their elected officials...