Word: well
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...need for another new jobs program to ease our pain. With unemployment standing at an agonizing 10.2%, there is palpable fear among Democrats that they have little to show for nearly a year in office. But as the 2010 election season opens, they--and the President--would do well to entertain a different fear: looking as if they're doing too much...
Whitman later said she was "focused on raising a family" as well as "on my husband's career" by way of explanation of her spotty record, even as it trickled out that her voting history was slightly better than initially depicted. Not surprisingly, the "working mother" excuse sent feminists into a tizzy and created doubts for some of Whitman's base of Republican women. "I raised a family and ran a business and still managed to vote," sniffed Elaine Henderson, who went to hear Whitman speak in Rancho Mirage. "I'm just not happy with her explanation. I'd like...
...Whitman could still overcome both ideology and history to win. Her opponents for the GOP nomination, former Congressman Tom Campbell and state insurance commissioner Steve Poizner, throw her strengths and weaknesses into stark relief. Campbell is the kindly, well-versed uncle in the race and probably the most qualified candidate for the job. If Hollywood was casting for a man to play a governor in a movie, it would tap someone more like Campbell - with a moderate bent, a conservative suit and five terms in Congress representing Silicon Valley districts - than Arnold Schwarzenegger. When asked what distinguishes him from Whitman...
...State Department, writes with passion in an ambitiously academic style. He examines the history of the concept of thrift--the root of the word is an Old Norse verb meaning "to thrive"--citing the contributions of the Scots and Calvinists. Malloch, like Farrell, considers frugality a moral imperative as well as an economic necessity. "Thrift is positive, wise, prudential, intelligent, grateful and always self-controlled," he writes...
Other studies have shown that drinking coffee potentially decreases the risk of liver and endometrial cancer as well, according to Wilson. But despite all the potential benefits of coffee, more research needs to be done before people are encouraged to reevaluate their drinking choices, Wilson said...