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Indeed, many deny individuals and businesses broad freedom to consume precisely because their top priority is building national economic power--especially productive capacity--over the long haul.
Tim Russert ( Meet the Press ) flashes a poll indicating that Buchanan would consume nearly all of George W. Bush's lead over Gore in a three-way race.
These Chinese consume less than half the calcium we're told is necessary, virtually all of it from plant sources, in particular leafy green vegetables.
Early in life, American girls consume lots of these, which leads to relatively dense bones, high levels of estrogen, and early sexual maturation.
A more sophisticated statistical salvo, which conservative pundits have shot off recently, is that federal tax revenues now consume the highest percentage of the gross domestic product since World War II.