He says Obama has built his support on a "three-legged stool" made up of African-Americans, Hispanics and young voters of all races.
Like a three-legged stool, we should not support any vision for the future of our energy economy that does not satisfy all of these criteria equally.
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Ronald Reagan forged a winning electoral majority on the stable foundation of what he described as a three-legged stool: fiscal discipline, traditional values and peace through strength.
Barth's three-legged stool is beginning to look more balanced.
The existing system for funding paid long-term supports and services is built on a wobbly three-legged stool: low private savings, an underfunded Medicaid program, and a hobbled private long-term care insurance market.
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In fact, the three-legged stool that for decades Americans were told would prop them up financially in retirement--Social Security, company pension and savings--has given way to a shakier two-legged version, sans the company pension.
Understand that the concept of the Nuclear Security Summit that we set up was not directed at the specific issue of Iran or North Korea, but was directed at one leg of a multi-legged stool when it comes to our nuclear security.
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"I looked at it as a four-legged stool with one leg very deep in the ocean, " recalls Fluxman, a tanned, toned South African who first came aboard as chief financial officer and chief operating officer, stepping up to chief executive officer six years ago.
One of the biggest benefits of the Eagle P3 project is that it has shown how the transportation industry can optimize the three-legged financing stool when implementing projects: federal funds, local funds and private funds.
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