Word: hards
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...Washington to do our work. Sadly, they don't provide us with the results we want. Instead, lobbyists for corporations get what they want. While we like to hold our system as a standard around the world, it is just not giving the results. So let us look hard at our system - and at ourselves. Tom Edgar, BOISE, IDAHO...
Still, Westerwelle's desire to be in that public eye is palpable. Smaller opposition parties have to work hard for media attention. Westerwelle sealed his reputation as a publicity seeker in the early part of this decade with a flurry of attention-grabbing exploits he hoped would attract younger voters to the FDP. He was, he proclaimed, a Spasspolitiker (a fun politician). His stilted conversation with reality TV show contestants in Germany's Big Brother house was typical of the sort of fun this entailed. (See the Top 10 Skanky Reality Shows...
Westerwelle promises a world where there would be cream for all - as long as people work hard and honestly. "I am driven by the vision of a free and fair society that I'm convinced would make everyone better off," he says. Germans may find it difficult to warm to Westerwelle the messenger, but they're increasingly warming to his message...
Some might say, though, that the telethon isn't as lucrative a money-getting tactic as it once was. In fact, despite typical production goals of keeping costs at 25 cents to 33 cents of every donated dollar, it's hard to know how much donated money to bank on. Most telethons only collect between 60% and 75% of pledged dollars. During a 1983 Democratic National Committee fundraiser, 800,000 of the 1 million callers rang in just to declare their support for their Republican President Ronald Reagan. Still, Lewis' MDA program remains one of the most enduring hallmarks...
...future economic expansion. Intraregional trade last year made up 57% of total Asia trade, up from 37% in 1980. "In the past Asia produced for America and Europe," Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo said recently. "Now, Asia is producing for Asia." (Read "Signs of Hope for Asia's Hard-Hit Exporters...