With or without the threat of a dividend-tax increase, investors with a dividend-heavy portfolio should consider balancing their approach by adding something as simple as a broad-market index fund, Mr. Dickson says.

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"I think that he has a thoughtful approach with balancing the needs for healthy law enforcement with the rights of civil liberties for law-abiding New York City residents, " Mr. Jeffries said.

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Meanwhile, the Democrats have largely avoided taking a serious approach to entitlement reform and balancing the budget.

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Because Medicare is now fully government funded and has no balancing of costs versus benefits for treatments, it seems rational to consider a different approach empowering users to help control costs.

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Mr Fabius will have a difficult balancing act maintaining the momentum for reform, while at the same time preserving the distinctive French approach to economic reform, with a higher degree of state involvement in industry than in most other countries in Europe.

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Instead, under coach Peter DeBoer, who's in his first season coaching them, the Devils haven't changed their approach as much as they've rediscovered what worked best for them in the past, balancing their commitment to defense with an offense that can be dynamic when it needs to be.

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