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...Starting Tuesday, a group of conservative activists led by Floyd Brown, author of the famous Willie Horton ad used so effectively against Michael Dukakis in 1988, will begin a campaign to tar Obama as weak on crime and terrorism, a strategy that aims to upend Obama's relatively strong reputation among Republican voters...
...political establishment would put the brakes on any rapprochement until Iran ended its hostility toward Israel. There's also concern in Iran that Obama's inexperience in foreign affairs may prompt him as President to actually take a harder line on Iran rather than risk appearing to be a weak leader...
...option, says Bernstein, is Treasury bonds, which on a total-return basis have outperformed stocks in five of the past eight years--a first since the Depression. He believes that trend will hold this year. Bernstein also likes stocks of large-cap companies and, as a play on the weak dollar, foreign stocks that pay a dividend (in euros or yen). Consider MFS International Diversification, which recently had a 12-month yield of more than 5%, or Wisdom Tree International Dividend, an exchange-traded fund that recently had a net yield...
...confuse seduction with sex (one is a brilliant business tactic; the other isn't)." Her other rules could be just as useful to men: "Always 'read' the room (you're less likely to step in s___); don't wallow in decision anxiety (it makes you look weak)." DiSesa even suggests that women be more like men--"decisive, focused, and willing to take risks"--but believes that they can do it without losing any of their "wonderfully unique 'female' skills...
...character that he’s used to: a somewhat clueless, well-intentioned goofball. Though funny at times, Peter doesn’t gain respect from the audience. He is forced to carry the first half of the movie but can’t quite do so with only weak jokes and puppy-dog looks in his arsenal. The only excitement in the beginning comes from a full-frontal nude scene, which might initially invite disapproval from the audience for its cheap comic appeal. However, the shockingly long duration of the, um, “scene,” redeems...