All it requires are some grown-ups in the Congress and a White House willing to participate in picking priorities in an effort to find a balance that will allow the nation to flourish long into the future.

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During dinner late one night, while Mr. Toba relaxed over a Japanese hot pot and local liquor, Taiga stomped around the house in basketball warm-ups and two pairs of eyeglasses one for his eyes and a pair of dark sunglasses perched on his forehead, because he thought they were cool.

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Actress Courteney Cox, a longtime client of Mr. McIlwee who until 2007 owned a home designed by Mr. Lautner, said she and Mr. McIlwee have bonded over the ups and downs of keeping up such an architecturally-complex house.

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So insurance companies are peddling policies for in-house lawyers to cover such things as disciplinary proceedings, Sarbox mess-ups and even lawsuits brought by the lawyer's (presumably former) employer.

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Rather than forcing a five-year lease on tenants as most commercial landlords do in Hong Kong, Dotcom House signs deals for as short as one year -- "In case the start-ups aren't around longer, " adds Chan ruefully.

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