"I understood that the solicitor suggested (in the presence of myself and my secretary) that since the DSCC accepted contributions only from U.S. citizens, a U.S. citizen should contribute on my behalf, " Kramer is quoted as saying in the FEC files.

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S. gave me authorization to live and work in the U.S. as stateless, and I was told that the only way to fix my immigration status was if the U.S. would pass comprehensive immigration reform, which has never happened.

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This conclusion is further supported by my own research into the growth challenges confronting not only the U.S. but all advanced economies operating at the technological frontier.

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"This is only my second one, " said Wi, who also reached the 2009 U.S. Open at Beth Page Black.

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Admittedly, with my U.S. Treasury-backed money market fund, I am only making 0.01% per year in interest income.

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Only a year later, their song "The Story of My Life" hit the U.S. country music charts.

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The Packers are the only publicly-owned Big Four professional sports team in the U.S. By my count, 112, 158 shareholders own around 4.8 million shares of the team.

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When I set out to raise my own first round of venture capital, I discovered that only 4% of venture money in the U.S. gets invested in women-run companies (and 7% in women-run tech start ups).

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