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...effort to address these concerns, supporters of the Clean Elections law have proposed a compromise to fix all three problems. Rep. Jay Kaufman (D-Lexington), among others, has proposed increasing the amount of money needed to receive state funds to $4,500. The compromise would also allow legislators to spend more money on constituent services in non-election years, and it would prevent unopposed candidates from receiving any public money...
...predicament. It has a huge pool of scientists and engineers, and the per capita number of patents issued there is nearly three-quarters that of the U.S. Yet Russia's global share of the high-tech market is around 0.3%; America's is 130 times higher. Russia has to fix lots of things for that imbalance to change. Among them: its weak enforcement of intellectual property laws, onerous business registration procedures and strict controls on the export of hard currency. Also, Russian entrepreneurs lack the business basics...
...STARTED The search for a quick-fix wrinkle remover without collagen's risk of side effects...
...when political parties figured out a way to exploit loopholes in the last reform that Congress passed, opening the way for donors to give hundreds of thousands of dollars at a time under the guise of "party building." Even McCain acknowledges his bill would be at best a temporary fix, one that would work only until politicians and interest groups figure a way around...
Were you able to fix it?" someone asks. My head snaps to the right. A man in a fur hat and red ski parka pauses before answering. That's it, I think. There's some mechanical problem with the plane. My mind races ahead, spinning out of control. I hate 737s. They have bad rudders, right? Maybe there's another flight home. Or even better, I could take the train...