Word: amstelveen
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...parliament. But the party's exit from government leaves undelivered the promise for real change that Pim Fortuyn offered in the first place. "We elected the LPF to do a job that the other politicians wouldn't do," says Nico de Bruin, 56, who owns a cheese shop in Amstelveen. He is not alone in wondering whether those now thwarted hopes will flicker again in a new Dutch government...
...Jonge thought he had the guts for this game. A 53-year-old psychiatrist from Amstelveen, the Netherlands, he started investing in stocks in the waning days of the bull market in 2000. "I even started placing puts and calls for a while," he says, referring to sophisticated - and risky - financial tools favored by active traders. Even as the market tumbled from there, de Jonge kept his nerve and stayed in stocks. But the latest round of sell-offs, which brought Dutch shares back down to 1997 prices, has him fed up. "I'm going back to bonds...
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