Word: gainful
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...African rhino, the species that draw crowds to zoos. The thinking is that by getting the public to support the protection of these animals, the wildlife that exists beneath them - the sort of animals most of us would pass on the way to see the elephants - would gain protection as well...
...Each of the bold moves brought McCain short-term political gain, throwing the normally unflappable Obama off his stride and keeping the Republican nominee very much in the presidential hunt in a dismal year for Republicans. But the tactics also contained the potential for long-term political costs by distracting from, or eroding, the central McCain message. By comparing Obama to a vacuous Hollywood starlet, McCain found a coherent critique of Obama but relinquished his own ability to rise above the political maw. By choosing Sarah Palin, he lit a grass fire of GOP enthusiasm but risked undermining his ticket...
...respectively by the closing bell, they combined with an early 3.5% drop on Mumbai's Sensex and declines in Australia, South Korea, Singapore and the Philippines to darkened moods in Asia. By contrast, London's FTSE 100 reversed its initial dip to post a 1.7% gain for the day, while Frankfurt's DAX surged to end 0.4% up and Paris' CAC 40 finished the session a full 2% higher. Compare those with Monday closings of -5.3%, -4.2%, and -5% respectively...
...take a different look at that beating on the Dow. Turn the $1.2 trillion into a gain (say, by passing a bailout law that actually loosens stuck gears of credit) and the long-term capital gains tax on it is $180 billion, which could buy a lot of crap CDOs. And then perhaps resell them at a profit. If we take that $1.2 trillion as a loss, the government foregoes tax money, because taxpayers will report lower incomes after they write off investment losses. Revenues drop, so the government then has to keep priming the pump by increasing spending, which...
...Barack Obama. "From the minute John McCain suspended his campaign and arrived in Washington to address this crisis, he was attacked by the Democratic leadership: Senators Obama and Reid, Speaker Pelosi and others," said Doug Holtz-Eakin, a McCain senior policy adviser. "Their partisan attacks were an effort to gain political advantage during a national economic crisis. By doing so, they put at risk the homes, livelihoods and savings of millions of American families...