Regardless of what industry you are in, how buyers buy has undergone a fundamental and permanent change.

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Once you've decided to buy life insurance, the next decision is whether you should buy "term" or "permanent" insurance.

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But if you are prosperous (assets in seven figures) and concerned about estate taxes, it could make sense to buy whole life, a.k.a. permanent life.

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But Schwartz did say the JPMorgan lifeline was "a bridge to a more permanent solution, " meant to calm the markets and buy it time.

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It was also agreed that the European Stability Mechanism (the zone's permanent bailout fund that will start operating in July) could buy government bonds and drive down a country's borrowing costs.

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Elements of performance have been going on at the site for years, but if the trustees manage to buy the 29 acres and derelict farm buildings, they will create a permanent centre combining music, drama, poetry, dance, and exhibitions of local craft, she said.

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If the African-American community also sees the power of the ballot to overcome other historical obstacles such as entrenched poverty, widening wealth, education gaps and safer streets where it's not as easy for a criminal to get a gun as it is to buy a cigarette, then this expansion of its voting power will be a more permanent fixture on the political scene.

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