Word: asks
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...Idea: Scrap "Don't Ask, Don't Tell." The estimated 65,000 gays and lesbians wearing the nation's uniform are not able to confide in doctors, psychologists and other counselors without fear of dismissal - a wasteful impediment to achieving full mental health. Meanwhile, the loss of 12,000 competent gays and lesbians has needlessly lengthened the tours of duty of the rest of the force. Nathaniel Frank, Brooklyn...
...Even the general agreement on the need for more investment to answer that question came with its own polemics. "Exxon will spend $1.25 billion on research," said ExxonMobil CEO Rex Tillerson. "My company alone is investing at a rate of 60% of OPEC's." But asked what the OPEC was investing to secure future demand, Khelil responded by suggesting his organization was being unfairly targeted. "What are other countries doing? Why don't you ask Brazil? Why don't you ask China? Those aren't OPEC countries," he said. Meanwhile, BP's Hayward blamed high taxes for stymieing necessary investment...
...idea: scrap "don't ask, don't tell." The estimated 65,000 gays and lesbians wearing the nation's uniform are not able to confide in doctors, psychologists and other counselors without fear of dismissal - a wasteful impediment to achieving full mental health. Meanwhile, the loss of 12,000 competent gays and lesbians has needlessly lengthened the tours of duty of the rest of the force. Nathaniel Frank, BROOKLYN...
...urged him to pull back from the pastime. In the heat of the G.O.P. primary fight last spring, he announced on a visit to the Vegas Strip that he was going to the casino floor. When his aides stopped him, fearing a public relations disaster, McCain suggested that they ask the casino to take a craps table to a private room, a high-roller privilege McCain had indulged in before. His aides, with alarm bells ringing, refused again, according to two accounts of the discussion...
What better role model could you ask for than this? And how do you put a price on the opportunity to spend nearly three hours in his company? Well, two days after our meal, the auction closed on eBay for next year's lunch with Buffett. The winner, a Chinese money manager named Zhao Danyang, bid $2.1 million. So, that proves it: our $650,100 lunch was a total bargain...