After spending a lot of time looking at the actual data coming from the federal government, I actually wrote on the subject in 2007 after watching Bernanke on TV, and watching how his face was saying one thing and his words were saying another.

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The main thing the words Democrat and Republican told you was which side of the Mason-Dixon line a politician came from.

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Words are a powerful thing, and when we take on a title, subconsciously we also take on the characteristics we equate with the role.

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In other words, the one thing that might help Mr Blair is to make a greater and much more public display of assertiveness with Mr Bush.

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Ask if they would like to discuss your differences and, if so, to agree to avoid emotion-laden words, a very difficult thing to do.

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In other words, we appear to have forgotten that no big thing in life is easy or simple, and that nothing comes without a price.

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The thing that struck me first was her warm and sparkling grin of greeting, and words of Malayalam, her only language, the tongue of her native Kerala.

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The thing about Mourinho and Parames is that it's unclear just how much traction their words have in the realm of public opinion.

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"In my view it was totally the wrong thing to do - and why she did the interview this morning when she was slurring words - it shouldn't have happened, " he said.

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Words to the wise going forward: Consumers need to know there is such a thing as portability, and keep it in the back of their minds for the occasion when they might need it.

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