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Gallery: What the Republican hopefuls are thinking
Washington Post
Post Forum members consistently offer thought-provoking, timelycomments on politics, national and international affairs. Weather Watchers consistently offer thought-provoking, timely comments on climates and forecasts. World Watchers consistently ...
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In our interest? Don Drummond is expected to suggested deep cuts in public ...
Toronto Star
Wasn't it bankers and bank economists who very nearly ruined the world'seconomy by losing trillions of dollars virtually overnight and plunging theworld into its worst recession since the Great Depression? Then they demanded and received a $40 ...
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A dilettante - but a successful one
National Post
But I was not reviewing the book at all, and made it clear that I was only commenting on the excerpts that had appeared in the National Post, and referring readers to my review of the first volume (Young Trudeau: 1919-1944 - Son of Quebec, ...
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Move Over 50 Cent; BetOnline Accepts Birdman's Full $5 M Super Bowl Bet
Sacramento Bee
27, 2012 -- /PRNewswire/ - On Wednesday, rapper and hip-hop mogul Birdman thought he made an offer everyone would refuse. Just two days later, online sportsbook giant BetOnline.com has accepted. Birdman, who has an estimated worth of over $100 million ...
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JOHN MAULDIN: The Fed Has Created A Transparency Trap
Business Insider
This week we take a brief pause in our series on the choices facing the developed world to look at some items that are catching my attention. We will get back to the US next week, as somehow I think we will not solve our problems between now and next ...
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Business Insider
In dumb luck we can trust
Sydney Morning Herald
A moment's thought would have clarified the matter, but our minds are actually quite lazy. Of course, many of us do engage in "thinking slow" and carefully. But, according to Kahneman, typically this is done not to reach opinions but to justify them ...
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Sydney Morning Herald
Dead Folks 2011: World Affairs/Newsmakers
Black and White
Ms. Ford never shied from expressing her political opinions, which included staunch defense of the Equal Rights Amendment and legalized abortion. One of her most memorable moments came on the day after her husband was defeated for the presidency by ...
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When We Thought the Bomb had Dropped
Subversify
For most of America however, in the roaring nineteen seventies, Russia was little more than just another country half way across the world, dark and looming, mysterious and highly competitive. Not so for Alaska. The Cold War meant that you were up ...
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Subversify
Face-off Follow-up: Az Gov Brewer releases letter to President Obama
allvoices
... Obama just before the heated exchange captured around the mediaworld at the Phoenix airport on Thursday. Everyone saw the photo of Brewer angrily pointing her finger close to President Obama's face. Opinions were swift and brutal and many thought ...
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Outspoken Thomas had little to lose: agent
Vancouver Sun
"Everyone's entitled to their opinion, obviously, it's just that athletes that have microphones in front of their faces every day have a forum or platform to communicate what they want, whether that's religious beliefs or political beliefs or whether ...
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Google searches for balance in piracy fight
gulfnews.com
As Schmidt's remarks indicate, search censorship sets a dangerous precedent at a time when repressive regimes around the world target search engines to limit what their citizens can know. Google-as-search-engine has plenty of good reasons to oppose ...
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Activists want climate change on TV weather reports
Houston Chronicle
In their own words, here are the views of three of them on climate change. Frank Billingsley: I appreciate the complexity of climate and "science" is, after all, from the Greek word "to know" and until we really have a consensus of what we "know" then ...
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Differing opinions do not equate to lack of respect
Edmond Sun
Conclusion: Though the massages were identical, those who associated the experience with benevolent intention rated the pleasure levels significantly higher than those who thought a computer was in charge. Experiment No. 3: Two groups of research ...
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Should Paula Deen have kept her diabetes secret for three years?
Florida Times-Union (blog)
Readers have strong opinions about cooking maven Paula Deen's revelation that she has had diabetes for three years. We asked members of our Email Group what they think about criticism expressed by New York Times columnist Frank Bruni.
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It's time to man-up
Independent Online
thought. Proof I'm not tough enough to take on the challenge that is full-time motherhood. Over the past three weeks, I've canvassed opinion from working and non-working women on the possibility of not returning. You may have seen me pinning mums ...
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Independent Online
The Sideways Publishing Saga -- Part I: Rejection
Huffington Post
The publishing industry has other opinions on screenwriters-turned-novelists... hold on! In the publishing world -- at least back then -- you get official rejection letters typed on actual letterhead paper. Mitchell always sent them to me snail mail ...
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Russia Economy To Benefit From High Oil Prices Opening 'Window Of Opportunity ...
Eurasia Review
The IMF has lowered its forecast for the world economy – its experts are expecting growth rates to slow from 3.8% in 2011 to 3.3% in 2012. In other words, demand for oil in the world economy is unlikely to grow.” Experts have varying opinions on the ...
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Racist Motives Behind French Armenian Bill: Is Erdogan Right? - OpEd
Eurasia Review
However, this fact does not, of course, mean that there is no racism and racist behaviors or feelings all over the world. Rather, its current and “modern” version is a sort of covert/subtle racism, occurring in different familiar forms of ...
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LIVE CHELTENHAM RACING BLOG!
Sportinglife.com
"We thought the bigger field would suit him here and if he's going to be a Triumph horse then he needs to get more experience of a race like this." 1600: Ruby Walsh on Big Buck's: "He's an incredible horse and a great jumper now.
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Sportinglife.com
American Dreams Shift in Weak Economy
New America Media
“You would've thought it was a mansion from the way she talked about it,” McLaughlin recalls, noting that she likely would never have been able to buy a house in her home country. “The idea of the American Dream is what got her to leave Trinidad” as a ...
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An Extra Life On… War Horse, Part Two
Bleeding Cool News
This is what someone called out in the cinema when I went to see the film on the big screen last night, and while I don't normally approve of audience members voicing their opinions during the show, I felt he had a point, and one most people there ...
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Corporate Benchmarking Leaders Coming Together to Strengthen Annual Reporting ...
Sacramento Bee
"As The Conference Board brings its The Corporate Contributions Report and Corporate Contributions Survey to a close, we reflect back on our proud legacy of data collection and thought leadership, and see this collaboration with CECP as a crucial next ...
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John Mulaney Talks 'SNL,' Stefon, and How He'd Spin Off 'Law & Order'
Reuters
"I thought to myself, 'Really? You're going to go back to this? Do you have any opinions on anything else?' And the answer is no." Mulaney talked to TheWrap about creating his special while juggling his duties as an "SNL" writer, producer, ...
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Hot Lines • 1/29/12
Fenton Tri County Times
OBAMA'S EPA HAS just closed the 10th largest oil refinery in the world, which was located in the American Virgin Islands by mandating $800 million be spent on new equipment immediately, and a $5.5 million penalty. It was also the largest employer on ...
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Click Here To Join 411's LIVE Maximum Fighting Championship 32 - Bitter Rivals ...
411mania.com
Furthermore, I'm hoping you'll take the time to call in with yourthoughts, opinions and criticisms. I know some radio talk show hosts can be obnoxious and cut people off without letting them have their say but if being a therapist for over 6 years now...
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411mania.com
Thompson, Watts, Burton: Gingrich Won Debate
NewsMax.com
By Marti Lotman Thursday night's Republican presidential debate has sparked a mixed bag of opinions on whether Mitt Romney or Newt Gingrich better deflected their opponents' attacks. But, in a variety of interviews with Newsmax.
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The State is the Beast: An Angell on Economics
MidEastPosts
Every January they bring the great and the good from the Middle East's investor community to share their views on the outlook for investment in the region. The excellent conference programme was full of sober assessments of economic prospects for the ...
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Gerry Hassan: Simplicity and clarity are needed in the ballot
Scotsman
Two questions would allow devo-max to be on the ballot paper reflecting, some argue, where the majority or the largest group of public opinion, currently sits. It would allow us to more easily avoid a potentially divisive debate on Yes/No on ...
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Scotsman
Adbusters' Call for Chicago Occupation Rankles Some in Movement
In These Times
It appears, though, that the magazine summoned occupiers from around theworld without consulting groups already making plans. The call, titled “Tactical Briefing #25: Showdown in Chicago,” promises that “On May 1, 50000 people from all over the world ...
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How will the addition of Prince Fielder impact Miguel Cabrera?
Bless You Boys (blog)
by Tigerdog1 on Jan 27, 2012 2:00 PM EST in Detroit Tigers Analysis In early December, 2007, the Detroit Tigers shocked the baseball world, trading six players, including two supposed "untouchable" prospects, to the Florida Marlins for Miguel Cabrera ...
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On Home and Away, Hollywood, tattoos and maturity - Jessica Tovey
NEWS.com.au
“They're not feeding me opinions - they're my own. I'm more than happy to take a stance on things I care about.” Unlike so many of her acting peers, Tovey has no plans to join the mass migration to Hollywood. She's thoughtabout it, of course; ...
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A man more ordinary
Sydney Morning Herald
But now his opinions and language have simplified. When asked about his motivations, a question he's previously answered thoughtfully and even elegantly, he replied with little more than the cliche about wanting to ''make a difference''.
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Sydney Morning Herald
The Fruit That Did Not Fall
Dissident Voice
He had underestimated his adversary, ignored opinions and information, and did not consult his final decision with those of us who were in the frontline. What could have been a significant moral victory became a costly political setback for the USSR.
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The AfPak Channel: Small wars, big prices
Foreign Policy (blog)
These goals were not sufficiently thought out, clearly stated, or properly subscribed to by the government writ large, resulting in nearly immediate drift. This fact should point us toward the true roots of the problem. When it comes to small wars, ...
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Foreign Policy (blog)
Teens take the prom-date question to a new level
The Journal News | LoHud.com
“I thought, this is my senior year and I gotta go out with a bang,” Alex said. He's not the only student elevating the art of the school dance invitation. Students are folding the question into homemade fortune cookies, tucking it into pinatas, ...
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MLA Simons talks political life
Coast Reporter
Yet in the public eye, opinions and evaluations of a person's character never seem to go away. “At the same time, you know, I just do my best, and I hope people recognize I work hard,” he said. “I hope that counts for something.
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Eastman Chemical's CEO Discusses Q4 2011 Results - Earnings Call Transcript
Seeking Alpha
I direct you to review the sections in the release regarding where you can find additional information about the transaction that provide additional details about the participants in the merger solicitation and about information for the nonsolicitation ...
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Don't let Libya follow Iraq's economic path
ArabianBusiness.com
It makes you realise just how spectacular a job Gaddafi did of ruining his own country, especially when you consider Libya had a GDP close to most European nations, and the world's ninth largest oil reserves. Little wonder some of the UAE's biggest ...
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ArabianBusiness.com
Mindanao Declaration: repeal Mining Act, enact new law, declare moratorium
Minda News
Asked during the open forum Friday morning on what he thought of COMP's one-page advertisement, Tabora said, “I think we will just thank SMI for calling attention to this conference.” “If it is David and Goliath, recall that David won.
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Tennessee: Titans of hatred
Western Courier (subscription)
In fact, it is rather broad, allowing for legal bullying of homosexuals if it doesn't jive with your political affiliation, or your philosophical views. Basically, individuals would be given carte blanche when it came to bullying with no thought of ...
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HHS fight to go long term
Catholic Sentinel
He urged Catholics to pray, educate themselves and express opinions to lawmakers. "I think that this HHS rule is a final effort to squeeze out of the health caring professions any dissent regarding contraception, sterilization and abortion," says Dr.
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Sporting News conversation with Joe Namath: 'The guarantee was basically just ...
SI.com
It gives Namath a vehicle to connect with fans and express his candidopinions on football, most notably his beloved Jets. What better time to catch up with Namath than on the day an HBO documentary on him debuts and before another Super Bowl?
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'Renewal of our leadership can be felt across globe'
Business Standard
That's not the message we get from leaders around the world, all of whom are eager to work with us. That's not how people feel from Tokyo to Berlin, from Cape Town to Rio, where opinions of America are higher than they have been in years.
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