Word: successful
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...people are so frustrated with a two-party system, why has there been so little success in coming up with another real contender? -Erika Groff, Troy, N.Y. Because we don't have a two-party system. We have a one-party system. Both parties endorse the welfare state and corporatism. Both parties support interventionism overseas. But they also write all the campaign laws. So they have made it virtually impossible to break into the monopoly. If I had run on a third-party ticket I wouldn't have been in the debates...
...into a complete economic disaster. Third, the government has not yet shown itself to be capable of doing much of anything to make the financial system less collapse-prone in the future. (There's a link, by the way, between the government's failure in No. 3 and its success...
There's been a trade-off. By keeping the recession from turning into a depression, the bailouts kept millions of people from ruin. But this success may have made it impossible to fix what ailed the financial system in the first place, which could eventually bring ruin to even more millions. The future is uncertain, so there's a lot to be said for solving today's real problems rather than obsessing about tomorrow's hypothetical ones. The trouble is that they won't stay hypothetical forever...
...pursued conflict resolution with management at HMDC, HR, and even the office of the University Ombudsman without success. When contacted, HR and the office of the Ombudsman declined to comment, citing employee confidentiality. While this may be simply their policy, someone needs to step in and speak up on Raj’s behalf. One of the mechanisms in place must be broken—if not the whole system—as it appears Raj’s case has been lost without resolution. Even if there is a reason that Raj’s superiors...
...Sometimes you need to take the risks. There is no 100% guarantee of success, but if there is, it pays off greatly,” he said...