Word: instead
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Dates: during 2000-2000
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...Alan Greenspan last year. Purists feel that government investment of such a huge pool of money in the markets, even in a broad-based mutual fund run by a blind trust of sage bankers, amounts to state ownership of private businesses. Of course, investment decisions made by market professionals instead of private citizens with day jobs are more likely to pay off reliably in the long term. But the administrative tangles and potential conflicts of interest - as companies vie for the attention of the fund's directors - have nudged this proposal out of the spotlight...
...never claim ignorance again. Of course, if the trustees had really wanted to show Knight who's boss, they would have made his presence at Monday's press conference part of his punishment; sitting there, facing the press, Knight would have had to answer the tough questions. Instead, he issued a lukewarm statement of apology and stayed the hell out of the fray...
...prosaic details of governing, like offering specific Medicare-spending controls, the public--egged on by Clinton--rebelled. The lesson: be vague. There's a corollary: if you must be specific, then be inoffensive. That's partly how Clinton won re-election. He avoided thornbushes like Social Security and instead put forward detailed but uncontroversial notions such as expanding food-safety inspections and providing cell phones to neighborhood-watch groups. No one said these were bad ideas, which was exactly the point. They were without risk...
...were a cup of coffee instead of a pop-soul singer, he would be filled with about five of those thingys of half-and-half and about six lumps of sugar. He's more polite than soulful. His album comes to life, though, with a rap cameo by Nas on the last track. Singer Carl Thomas' mostly agreeable album has a bit more "street" to it, perhaps because he's on Sean ("Puffy") Combs' Bad Boy label. His association with serial sampler Combs may also explain why the title track on this CD samples a hefty chunk of Sting...
...talk about money. Instead ask, What do you need? Jim Towey, president of Aging with Dignity in Tallahassee, Fla., encourages the direct approach: "Mom, Dad, I love you, and I want to be there when you need me, and I'd like to know what you want. I don't want to have to guess...