Given the current dire state of the Conservative Party, it may make some sense to bribe middle-class interest groups, even at the price of broader credibility.
The idea is, the casual participation in sports in class sparks an interest that inspires a child to try an activity outside of class.
Reasons for the rush to market are no secret, as heightened investor interest in the asset class sparked a rally.
It was widely perceived as a desperate attempt to recapture the interest of the hipster class that once propelled it into the mainstream, before being overshadowed by the creeping empire of Facebook.
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With no Britons competing in the top class this season, the main focus of interest for British fans will be the 125cc class, where 19-year-old Bradley Smith starts the season as favourite for the title, having finished runner-up last season.
The property bonanza has had more to do with a buoyant economy, a growing middle class and declining interest rates.
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The group obviously has a vested interest in cutting down on class actions, which target the employers of its members.
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If people want charter schools they should be allowed to have them, not barred by the political class or special interest groups.
The companies he controls--Hollinger Inc. and closely held Ravelston -- have just an 18% economic interest in Hollinger International through Class B shares that have ten times the voting rights of common stock.
In fact, in Canada, he gained recognition and support for this interest and excitement in a world class sport.
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The middle class is peeved with interest rates hikes which put on hold their plans to buy homes and cars.
The class has drawn considerable interest, says Judy Steinkoenig, the store's co-owner.
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Extra dimensions are of interest because string theory, a class of mathematical models based on quantum theory that seeks to describe reality in the most fundamental way, requires that there be at least six of them, maybe more.
Primarily based on Eurodollars, U.S. Treasuries, swaps and other dollar-related instruments that customers can utilize to manage short, medium and long term interest rate risk, interest rate contracts are the largest class of financial products traded on CME Group.
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You can also agree in advance to focus class projects on issues of interest to your manager or firm.
Now, spurred by the tourist potential, and by the interest of Brazil's urban middle class, dozens of towns and cities are doing up old buildings or even entire neighbourhoods.
The former IBF Cruiserweight Champion said he has no interest in dropping back down to that weight class.
Controls on access to dollars and negative real interest rates make it hard for the middle class to travel or save.
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Huntingdon retained an approximate 30% interest in the REIT through the ownership of Class B limited partnership units of a subsidiary of the REIT.
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Of particular interest, I think, is that this class of astronauts will probably be among the first who head out into space using some commercial spacecraft, rather than Russian or NASA craft.
His chapter on the interest of Islamic terrorists in targeting business-class hotels seems prescient in light of last weekend's bombing of the Islamabad Marriott in Pakistan, which so far has killed 53, including the Czech ambassador and two Americans.
Children with EIIs show a level of interest, bordering on obsession, in a particular class of objects for a limited time.
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British middle-class parents are now looking with increasing interest at American universities, which they see as better, fairer and not much more expensive than the local option.
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Thus, with house prices still soft and many borrowers of recent-vintage subprime ARMs still facing their first interest rate resets, delinquencies and foreclosure initiations in this class of mortgages are likely to rise further.
The majority relied on the idea that the plaintiff still had an interest in the case because if it continued as a class action the plaintiff could spread the legal costs across a larger group.
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And this makes sense, because in general, the middle class are more dependent on things like mortgage interest and state and local tax deductions than their wealthy brethren, and the elimination of those deductions would have punished those taxpayers to a greater extent than they would have benefited from the 20% reduction in their tax rate.
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With QE2 nearing completion, should he raise interest rates and extract excess liquidity before inflation destroys the middle class?
Suze Orman, for example, wrote in her most recent book, The Money Class, that 8 months of savings in an interest-bearing checking account is simply a must.
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And upper-middle class taxpayers take advantage of breaks such as the mortgage interest deduction and subsidies for retirement and employer-sponsored health insurance.
Created by process of omission in 1913 and hyped up post WWII to make homeownership available to the middle class (when there was one), the mortgage interest deduction once made sense.
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