The new man at the Treasury (if confirmed) also has a second attribute, which the president clearly values very highly, entering his second and last term.

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Before she can officially be made a saint, the Vatican will have formally to attribute a second miracle to her.

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French isn't sure just what that attribute is, but there is something about second-rate companies and industries that makes investors shy away.

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If the first attribute presented both a complication and a happy chance to gossip, the second and third were perceived as failings.

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