Word: gainful
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Furthermore, Democratic tactics smack more of short-term political gain than of genuine concern for a reactionary judiciary. Candidates blocked on racial grounds can be exploited to garner support from minorities, while obstruction of those failing the abortion test riles up pro-choice groups. Both parties know that in reality it is very difficult to predict a potential nominee’s behavior once he or she is actually on the bench. Republican nominees from Earl Warren to John Paul Stevens to David Souter have gone on to be among the Court’s most liberal justices; Antonin Scalia...
...standing ovation. The economy is showing signs of slowing growth and oil-fueled inflation, a potentially dire duality. The Dow Jones industrial average, a daily vote on prospects, is filled with undecideds. The volatile Dow plunged early last week and then rallied for its biggest one-day gain in two years, only to retreat again at week's end. Far more certain are the critics who have begun maligning Greenspan's once unimpeachable record of low inflation, low unemployment and strong growth. In the view of that small but increasingly vocal group, the U.S.'s high consumer debt, low personal...
...Many conservative Japanese politicians and policy experts express dismay over what they perceive to be China's cynical harboring of historical grievances for political gain. They claim that despite the mild thaw last week, China is, by its own choice, virtually unappeasable. Tomohiko Taniguchi, a visiting fellow at the Brookings Institution in Washington, D.C., says, "You're looking at a neighbor who doesn't want to accept any apology." Despite Koizumi's words of contrition last weekend (which, according to some counts, would mark the 22nd time Japan has apologized) and the $35 billion of foreign aid Japan has given...
...then be encouraged to equip themselves with their own nuclear deterrents. In addition, the talks offer China a chance to play a major role in solving a sensitive and intractable diplomatic issue, while at the same time improving its often rocky relations with the U.S. Japan, too, stands to gain from disarming Kim. North Korea fired a long-range missile over Japan in 1998 and has dozens of other ballistic missiles that could strike its islands within minutes. If there were ever a major conflict on the Korean peninsula, Japan would quickly be dragged into it, thanks to Tokyo...
...London's loss could be your gain. The Ensignbus Company, based in the town of Purfleet, 20 km east of London, has been buying up decommissioned Routemasters and reselling them for as little as $7,500, although a bus in top condition will set you back as much as $19,000. Ensign has sold over 150 Routemasters in the last year alone, some to bus buffs as far afield as Dubai and the Czech Republic. Steve Newman, one of Ensign's directors, says that many buyers are eager to preserve a piece of London history. "If they were buildings, they...