Democrat Carolyn Maloney asked him about economist's predictions that it would take the country to full employment: "Assuming that jobs are created at 2.8 million jobs per year, the best job creation of any administration, and this was achieved by former President Clinton, how long would you expect it to take us to get back to full employment?" "Well,without offering an opinion on that 10.7 million jobs, at that rate though, it would be about three years."

VOA: standard.2009.12.05

Is the consultant offering an opinion on the merits of soft dollaring or recapturing by offering the facility?

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Im not a scientist nor an expert of any sort, I am just offering my opinion based on my years interactiong with the nutraceutical industry.

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Sometimes, when Vivian finished transcribing an interview at the adoption agency, she would add a note to the bottom of the document offering her opinion of the interviewed couple.

NEWYORKER: Temporary