In addition to tougher gun laws, an even more enlightened approach is to tax ammunition.

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In terms of how you deal with people and the kind of environment you create, his was a very enlightened approach.

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In Kenya the government took the enlightened approach of allowing M-PESA to go ahead, rather than tying Safaricom in red tape.

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But as a philosophical statement and approach to business, I was pleasantly enlightened by my conversation with Pamela Bellesen who sells a successful wholesale jewelry line from her metalworking studio called Wide Mouth Frog Designs.

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