"Maybe all we need to know is that Chinese auto sales are rising nearly 20% per year and that they are buying more SUVs and luxury cars as they prosper, " Yardeni says.

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"For all we know, there are other examples maybe dozens it could be...where maybe 18, 000 votes are not missing, but maybe 400 votes or 1, 000 votes are missing, " says Holt.

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And maybe she does know the truth, that simple ultimate truth we dress up in so many rags all our lives.

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As we considered ways we to get congressional staffers to know our name and maybe even like us, I recalled all those young people who had passed through my office.

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You know, they're -- a lot of them are -- they're making a modest income, maybe they're looking forward to their Christmas bonus, you know, they want to please their employer like we all do.

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