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Diplomacy is an art form, a subtle construct of gestures and words, body language and rhetoric carefully arranged for a single purpose: to persuade another country to behave the way you want. Tone is the hardest thing to get right. How do you convey your views so they're firm and forceful without putting the other side's back...
...want to be good. We want to be bad. Between these sides of ourselves, we construct the wall of the state, which is porous, since it's made of ourselves (see Bill Clinton). Assuming that you're in favor of justice, anything that makes it stronger is good news, right? We have good news...
...soft money guidelines hinder the ability of those who cannot contribute large sums of money to have their voices heard; in other words, this forum for free speech which soft money supposedly creates is open only to those who can afford the entrance fee. Can we really call a construct of laws which virtually hands 800 people potential veto power over the wishes of a country of 300 million--in the presidential election, no less--a fair exercise of free speech...
...want to be good. We want to be bad. Between these sides of ourselves, we construct the wall of the state, which is porous, since it's made of ourselves (see Bill Clinton). Assuming that you're in favor of justice, anything that makes it stronger is good news, right? We have good news...
...month, in its automatic investment plan. These no-load funds also have some of the lowest expenses in the business. Putnam Research is run a bit differently from other funds in that family's lineup. The fund draws on Putnam's analysts, who pick their favorite stocks to construct the portfolio. It's one of Putnam's smaller large-cap funds, but its returns have consistently been among the firm's best. These gains don't come that cheap, though. It takes only $500 to get started, but the fund tacks on a 5.75% load...