Word: april
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...said is consistently anything in life can happen. It is absolutely not my intent, not my goal and not my aim. All these people who make these grand plans are very much confused about the way life really works." -On a potential run for President (ABC News, April...
...think the fatal flaw of a lot of people in politics is that they want to be loved. I sleep like a baby at night." -Brushing off criticism for his stance on rejecting federal stimulus money (New York Times, April...
...Actually, there was a slight shift since the last Fed statement. At the end of April, the FOMC worried that "inflation could persist for a time below rates that best foster economic growth and price stability in the longer term." This time the wording was shortened to a simple prediction that "inflation will remain subdued for some time...
...courts are increasingly siding with the widows as well. In April, a federal judge in Los Angeles told Homeland Security to reopen the cases of 22 immigrants denied green cards because their U.S. spouses had died, ruling that the deaths should not nullify the widows' (or widowers') legal residence applications. But there have been judicial defeats for the widows as well - some judges have ruled, understandably, that current immigration law ties their hands - which is why some people are relying on legislation like Nelson-McGovern...
...April's legislative elections, SBY saw a decisive victory, winning 20.8% of the vote. Passing the 20% threshold gave Yudhoyono the freedom to choose his vice-presidential candidate without the consideration of formal coalition partners, allowing him to run with Boediono, a former central-bank governor and economics professor with minimal political baggage. With Kalla's Golkar party trailing with 14.4% and Sukarnoputri's Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle with 14%, the two candidates have had to team up with former generals - with dubious human-rights records...