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To: Alighieri who wrote (598957)	1/26/2011 12:04:37 PM
From: i-node	1 Recommendation Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1574301

>>> No...i don't remember that AT ALL. You aren't trying very hard. For a full year "cost control" was the mantra. When they realized they could shove it down our throats, all that was out the window. Cost control not important anymore.

To: Alighieri who wrote (598957)	1/26/2011 12:13:07 PM
From: longnshort	Respond to of 1574301

What is wrong with YOU PEOPLE Body of TV quizmaster snatched from grave ROME \| Wed Jan 26, 2011 11:10am EST ROME (Reuters) - The body of Mike Bongiorno, who was Italy's top quiz show host for more than 50 years and a close friend of Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, was stolen from his grave, officials said on Tuesday. Bongiorno, who died in Sept 2009 at the age of 85, was buried in Arona near Milan. A pensioner who regularly visits the cemetery alerted police that the grave had been violated and emptied. Italian media said no ransom had been demanded so far. Bongiorno, a fixture in Italian television since its first broadcast in the 1950s, helped Berlusconi launch commercial television in the 1970s. It is not the first time that the body of a famous personality has been snatched in Italy. In 2001, in a cemetery near the one where Bongiorno was buried, the corpse of an investment banker Enrico Cuccia was stolen and a ransom demanded. The thieves were identified and

To: Alighieri who wrote (598957)	1/26/2011 12:51:08 PM
From: Tenchusatsu	2 Recommendations Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1574301

Al, > No...i don't remember that AT ALL. You're not the only one to forget. Perhaps this can refresh your memory ... whitehouse.gov Now, so let me talk about the third thing, which is my proposal would bring down the cost of health care for families, for businesses, and for the federal government. So Americans buying comparable coverage to what they have today -- I already said this -- would see premiums fall by 14 to 20 percent -- that’s not my numbers, that’s what the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office says -- for Americans who get their insurance through the workplace. How many people are getting insurance through their jobs right now? Raise your hands. All right. Well, a lot of those folks, your employer it’s estimated would see premiums fall by as much as 3,000 percent [sic], which means they could give you a raise. (Applause.) Tenchusatsu