When we place our most vulnerable aging parents in the care of others, we still need to check in and be sure that assisted living facilities are doing what they promise to do.

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They also pay an annual fee based on revenues and amend their articles of incorporation to promise they will value doing good as much as making money.

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And to every American who is looking for work, I promise you we are going to keep on doing everything that we can -- I will do everything in my power to help our economy create jobs and opportunity for all people.

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On the other hand, were he to follow through on this and help advance peace through the establishment of an independent Palestinian state that agreed to the secure existence of Israel, he would also be doing much to live up to the promise of his other earlier addresses.

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It's going to take nonprofits and businesses doing their part through alliances like America's Promise.

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The Virtus model is a simple yet timely one: Acquire a diverse group of boutique investment firms that are doing well or have promise, offer these smaller managers liquidity and give them access to broader distribution under a single brand umbrella.

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Yet it is hard to believe that the Republicans' problem with women has not been aggravated by Mr Santorum's obsession with who is doing what to whom in the bedroom, or by Mr Romney's promise to defund Planned Parenthood, the organisation on which millions of poor women depend for family planning (including abortion), or by the antics of Republican state legislatures.

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