The more Obama exposes himself, the less he is able to leverage his personal celebrity into political power.

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Making sustainability personal: Rather than emphasizing abstract and distant ideals, greater leverage is generated when benefits are personal and tangible.

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My personal passion is to help people and companies leverage the empowerment each gains from open collaboration into realizing their full potential.

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An even more significant finding that the savvy retailer can leverage: women are willing to share personal information with retailers as long as they receive value in return.

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Turning ones eyes toward the U.S., weak personal income (as the private sector continues to de-leverage) continues to put pressure on the economic outlook, while political gridlock in Washington makes it unlikely that fiscal stimulus will come any time soon.

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Leverage buyout king Castle, CEO of Castle Harlan, is a a personal friend and frequent Palm Beach host of U.S. Sen.

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