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"I was once a wine snob. I drank what other people told me to drink, I thought what other people told me to think, and I knew — without having to taste it — if a wine was any good. I was 23, though, and had tasted maybe a dozen glasses in my life. So at least I had ...
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At the same time, it's easy to forget that McDonald's has had rough patches before — and pulled out of them. Consider the expanded menu and focus on value that former CEO Jim Skinner used to turn around business. It isn't an ancient example; Skinner's tenure was from 2004 to...
“Members who are from low unemployment areas are very concerned about the deficit,” Nancy Pelosi explained. She might have added that so-called Blue Dog Democrats have the same warped view of fiscal policy as most Republicans. They fail to distinguish between short-term deficits (good) and ...
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