These smart actions show much more promise for being able to address these issues than our ability to be able to move big policy initiatives through government.

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Regardless of their differences in hardware approach, Google Wallet and Isis each are beginning to show promise in delivering something for consumers and merchants alike that shifts the focus from whether users are swiping, waving or tapping when checking out to the services delivered on top of the payment itself.

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The bottom rung of Hollywood's ladder--reality stars, beauty-pageant queens--will often show at a party for the free bottle service and, of course, the promise of paparazzi.

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But, as the results show, this is a false promise that leads to a less secure economy, less opportunity for low and middle-income people, and higher middle-class taxes.

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He can even promise stable rates for the next three years in pursuit of this effort and thereby show how Fed policy is really quite transparent.

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Saban quickly threw out all the old programming, making an exception only for Robertson's 700 Club. (A promise to retain that religious show was part of the sale agreement.) But the new slate of shows didn't draw the audience or the advertising volume Saban and Fox had hoped for.

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