Word: less
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...America. It is, for example, a (lightly) punishable offense not to vote in a national election. As for campaign contributions, and all the corruption and perversion of democracy that the pursuit of them creates in the U.S., they don't exist in Australia; a whole national election costs less to stage than a California primary. You don't need to be rich or a plutocrat's pet to run for office here...
...past decade. And you can bet that those groups look more like Salt Lake City than Los Angeles. White is disproportionately the color of Congress, the Supreme Court and, most important, the corporate boardroom. The 29 percent of assembled minorities are, in broad strokes, the lower classes - earning less, going to prison more...
...Melting pot regions will become increasingly young, multiethnic and culturally vibrant," William Frey, a demographer with the University of Michigan and the Milken Institute in Los Angeles, told the Washington Post. "Heartland regions," says Frey. "will become older, more staid and less ethnically diverse...
...recent years, Russian and European teams have ushered in another style that's definitely less stylish: reach out and crush someone. Why mess around with technique when you can grab a guy and hurl him to the floor? "The Europeans tend to be physically strong, pulling you in and crunching you. Grabbing your belt in weird places," Pedro explains...
...Half the surplus will be needed for Social Security, and both candidates promise that money is off limits. And the projected $2.2 trillion that remains may turn out to be far less. For one thing, the CBO estimates do not account for the fact that many popular tax breaks now scheduled to expire will almost certainly be renewed. The projections also assume that discretionary spending, such as the defense and education budgets, will grow no faster than inflation. Judging from recent history, Congress is unlikely to show that kind of restraint. "At best, we have a small surplus, nothing like...