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...decided to go forward on health care, it remains to be seen whether they will be able to muster enough of their own votes to get it done. The procedural and political hurdles ahead are formidable, and with each new poll showing public confidence slipping away, they know that time is not on their side. Yet, they say, they believe that if they can pass the bill, they can sell it too. Once voters can look beyond the messy political process and dealmaking that it took to get this far, they may once again be able to focus...
...cannot have another yearlong debate about this. So the question that I'm going to ask myself and I ask of all of you is, Is there enough serious effort that in a month's time or a few weeks' time or six weeks' time, we could actually resolve something?" Obama said as the session drew to a close. "And if we can't, then I think we've got to go ahead and make some decisions, and then that's what elections are for. We have honest disagreements about - about the vision for the country...
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...Obviously divorce is quite an expensive time with legal fees and it can be quite busy; there's lots of stuff to think about," says Ruth Attridge, spokeswoman for Debenhams department store, which has more than 150 outlets across Britain and Ireland. "So we thought well, we'll set up a divorce gift list and maybe it'll be a way for friends and family to help that person on their way a bit." She says several customers turned the company onto the idea last year when they inquired whether there were divorce gift lists similar to the ones...
...British chain is believed to be the first to launch such a program. However, given the proclivity of Americans for divorce - recent statistics put the U.S. divorce rate at about 3.5 per 1,000 people, or roughly half the marriage rate - it may only be a matter of time before the concept makes the jump across the pond. Indeed, divorce has become a big industry around the world, thanks in part to such high-profile celebrity splits like Brad Pitt and Jennifer Anniston and Heather Mills and Paul McCartney. "Celebrate-don't-commiserate" products like greeting cards, sponge cakes...