Word: soft
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BEDFORD, N.H.--Republican presidential candidate Senator John S. McCain (R-Ariz.) couldn't have known that the same day he had selected to take a hard line stand against soft money would turn out to be a record-shattering day for campaign fundraising...
...want to take our politics and our government back from the special interests," McCain told supporters Wednesday. He has proposed to outlaw soft money contributions to political parties, donations that now go unregulated...
...long as special interests dominate campaigns, they will dominate legislation as well," McCain said, pointing to the difficulty legislators have encountered when trying to reform programs like Social Security and Medicare where donors' interests are at stake. "Until we abolish soft money, Americans will never have a government that works as hard for them as it does for the special interests...
...both candidates, the heart of the matter lies with what is known as soft money...
Today's workers need soft skills even more than technical expertise. Fully 80% of a diverse group of senior executives recently polled by staffing organization Select Appointments North America said they want employees to be good listeners. They would also like them to interact well with others and to solve problems effectively. The skills are coincidentally the ones they find most lacking in the work force. While technology forces workers to communicate more often with more people, more quickly than ever, managers in particular must be able to hear what others are saying, since they spend 60% of their...