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...which explains why rank-and-file Republicans on Capitol Hill--who haven't forgotten how they used to get clobbered for entertaining even modest Social Security changes--aren't exactly storming the microphones to pledge their unconditional support for anything that would change the basic outlines of this arrangement. Anxiety is especially high in the House, where all 435 lawmakers have to run for re-election next year. "I've told my staff we are going to keep all options open. I'm not saying yes or no at this point," says Republican Congressman Mike Castle of Delaware, who leads...
...Gladwell, Coca-Cola executives were so distraught over statistics showing that Pepsi beat Coke in those blind, one-sip face-offs that they came up with New Coke. New Coke beat Pepsi in taste tests, but it flopped spectacularly in the market. The geniuses at Coca-Cola had forgotten that the real world is very different from a focus group. Nobody drinks Coke blind, nor do they just take one sip. Consumers drink a whole can, and that affects how they make their choices...
...level of international cooperation and common purpose, could yet spare tens of thousands more lives. But long-term aid will be required to set those societies back on their feet, and non-governmental organizations are concerned that after the initial rush of aid, the long term needs may be forgotten. Still, the governments of the wealthier countries are responding quickly, with the U.S. adding $20 million to its initial $15 million pledge after UN relief officials complained that the industrialized world was being too tight-fisted...
...mail and fax showing his office had helped speed up a residency permit for his ex-lover's nanny. The offense was tiny - the nanny was entitled to the permit anyway - but Blunkett had insisted there had been no intervention at all. (He later said he had forgotten the e-mail and fax.) Several missteps had steered him toward this patch of political quicksand. The public seemed willing to forgive his three-year affair with a married woman - his hardscrabble background, blindness and gift for straight talk bought him sympathy - but worried that his judgment had become skewed when...
...watch their movies, not to hear their opinions. Goldberg's statement that the U.S. "is being pushed into a religious column" was all wrong. This country was founded by religious people. But our Founding Fathers are truly rolling in their graves right now because we have forgotten what they based this country...