Word: soft
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Question 2 would also limit the amount of funds a candidate could receive from their party--so-called "soft money" transfers. Closing these oft-abused loopholes in the current financing laws would safeguard Massachusetts elections from the influence of lobbying groups...
...public financing to all races from governor to state representative. Opponents of the law claim its cost, estimated at $56 million, would require new taxes or cuts from other state programs like education and health care. But the benefits the law promises--cleaner, fairer elections beyond the influence of "soft money" contributors--far outweigh its price...
...Question 2 and a similar question on the Arizona ballot succeed, Congress would be well advised to listen to the message voters are sending. Despite many years of promises of campaign finance reform, little progress has been made in Washington. The Shays-Meehan bill, which would have banned "soft money" contributions and which passed in the House despite the objections of the Republican leadership, died in the Senate...
...would be unusual for a whole city, especially one in which the median household income is fairly low, around $27,000. The mayor's plans already have emotions running high. The owner of a yellow house hired a lawyer after the city came knocking. A resident with a soft spot for hot pink (her lipstick and house matched perfectly) threatened a reporter with bodily harm when the topic of her color preferences was broached...
Teens are drowning in soft drinks. The average teenage boy chugs 3 1/3 cans a day--more than 110 gal. a year. Girls aren't much better: they guzzle 2 1/3 cans daily. In fact, kids today drink twice as much soda as milk; 20 years ago the reverse was true. The possible fallout: fat kids, rotten teeth and brittle bones...