Frankly, Charlemagne's endorsement for a job that he almost certainly does not want is the last thing he needs just now.

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And he adds that Hurricane Katrina could end up being a good thing for the president if his administration does what he suggests, enacts a Marshall Plan.

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The chancellor of the exchequer, Gordon Brown, hitherto a seriously hyper-active type, needed a break from using fiscal policy to mend every last thing in the economy that does not work exactly as he thinks it should, and so did the country.

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He believed that the gentleman always does the kindest thing.

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See if he does the right thing and upholds the TAD that Nina Olson has issued.

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So right now he is focused on making sure that Congress does the right thing and extends the payroll tax cut, does the right thing and extends unemployment insurance, and does the right thing by finishing its spending bills.

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But the intriguing thing for Strachan, ahead of the game against United, is that he does not have a big target man to play as the lone frontman.

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And he will be intimately involved in the effort to ensure that Congress does the right thing without drama and extends it for the full year.

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His opponents are not swallowing Estrada's arguments because they do not believe that economic reform is the only thing on the new cha-cha agenda, not even when he insists he does not want a second term.

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Does he believe, especially in this time of economic hardship, that these are really a good thing for the country?

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