California's wealth is spread out more broadly across the state, and for this reason, only one of its ZIP codes--90210 in Beverly Hills--achieves "top 10" status for fund raising nationwide.

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Making this system more accessible by passing costs to taxpayers will simply spread its failures more broadly.

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Depending on how broadly transmission costs are spread, the coalition worries its customers may have to pay for grid upgrades that will have the effect of reducing power prices for others.

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David Bohnett has chosen to spread his bets--and his time--more broadly.

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Both want a broadly stable world in which nuclear weapons do not spread and rogue states, like Iran and North Korea, have little scope to cause mayhem.

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