Word: furthering
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Those problems could be further compounded if investors decide they are holding too many U.S. dollars, a risk that grows with the current account deficit. Right now the difference is made up by foreign investment funds flowing into the U.S. "The U.S. is dependent on that money," said Hormats. Inflation...
When it comes to these social issues, Bush is mainly preoccupied, even more than many of his G.O.P. brethren, with further restricting access to the welfare system, which pays an average of $188 a month to poor families, making it one of the stingiest in the country. In 1995 Bush...
For the Thais who have been living on Ko Pha-Ngan for five generations--since their forefathers migrated from Hainan island off the coast of China--the notion of Western kids coming here and convincing themselves that they are pioneering a new civilization is further proof that these farangs (foreigners...
No one expected him to vanish from the sport. When he lost the Dallas Cowboys, the team he loved, everyone expected TOM LANDRY to move on to another, to lead a different tribe of men to even more victories, even more Super Bowls. After all, Landry was the third most...
In the long run, however, online voting might make little difference. Since the 1960s, the government has made numerous attempts to energize nonvoters by making it easier for them to get to the polls, extending voting hours, lowering the voting age and introducing absentee balloting and "motor voter" statutes that...