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...self-insurance account. It would be like any other small savings account, only it would be reserved for small catastrophes that you'd no longer have to pay others to "protect" you against -- the occasional cracked windshield or stolen stereo. By giving you the cushion you need to feel comfortable taking high auto- and homeowners-insurance deductibles -- $1,000, say, instead of $100 or $250 -- it would cut your insurance bill and spare you the hassle of filing small claims...
...standard Moscow taxicab sifts through traffic along the city's Boulevard Ring road on a mild, hazy winter's afternoon. The windows are coated with a viscous film of mud and grit, residue of city snow turned to slush. Wipers, old and misshapen, scrape slowly across the windshield, clearing just enough space for the driver to spot a stout old man waving his hand from the curb. He pulls over. A few words are spoken, an agreement reached. The man and his wife, both wearing dingy overcoats, fur hats and rubber boots, clamber...
Turn around backwards so the windshield shows...
turn around backwards o the windshield shows...
When he became a dirt farmer, his relatives never saw him in bib overalls. One recalled him under a Panama hat in a wagon. And in the barn was a 1911 Stafford convertible ("a rich man's car") with a brass-framed windshield and huge Prestolite lamps. In that grand machine, after plowing, he burned up the road back to Independence, where his indulgences with his gang ran to picnics, theater and poetry. Today's Democrats should be cautious when putting their arms around Harry. He disliked jazz, modern art and most liberals. The mind boggles contemplating what he would...