Word: gainful
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...agree that promoting democracy and combatting tyranny are goals best achieved by working together. But the means to those ends often seem to come from completely different universes. Will President Bush gain a new appreciation for the E.U.'s way of doing things from his four-day stay on Planet Europe? Here's a look at three issues on which the U.S. and E.U. could actually learn something from each other...
...Call it the Jane Fonda school of economics: no pain, no gain. As in any good workout, the stretching of the euro has forced flabby European companies to become fitter. Since the rising euro means euro-zone goods sold abroad cost more, competitiveness has taken a blow, but not a brutal one. In Germany, for example, overall competitiveness has declined by only about 6% - far less than the dollar's depreciation - according to the Paris-based Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development. How come? For one thing, Germany and the other 11 euro-zone nations now have a much bigger...
...understand that true Christians are not bigots, hypocrites or crooks. We just want to live our lives to please God as best as we can, take care of our families and help people--not because we think we are better than others and not for our own personal gain but for the souls of those for whom we pray...
...days before he was due to return to his unit's base in Germany and prepare for a redeployment to Iraq later this year, Anderson rented a car and drove to Toronto. Since arriving, Anderson has joined several like-minded U.S. soldiers fighting an uphill battle to gain refugee status in Canada. "I joined the Army to get money and defend my country, not to kill innocent people and fight for a war that is unjust," says Anderson, who earned his medal for the minor injuries he sustained April 11, when a homemade explosive device sprayed shrapnel all over...
...will carry the Pudding Pot wherever I go, to gain entry to exclusive restaurants, nightclubs and political events,” he proclaimed...