It is gratifying that the attention being garnered by the terror-free investment movement extends beyond the printmedia.

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It is gratifying that the President's clear-eyed assessment of the nature of the Iranian regime, and the danger it poses to the United States and its vital interests seems increasingly to be shared by companies that have, until recently, been partnering with that regime.

CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: General Electric and Halliburton begin to divest

It is enormously gratifying that the Congress has been able to reenact the Patriot Act over the strident - and often unfounded - objections leveled against the original legislation by its critics.

CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: Coalition salutes Congress for reenacting Patriot Act

In my previous post I pointed out the broad scope of new recruitment and given the US is dependent on private sector consumption it is gratifying to see that the retailers have their hiring hats on.

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It is gratifying that, as the Philips set reaches those masters active toward the end of this century, some lessons of the past do seem to have been learned.

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The half-hour video, now viewed 40 million times, sets viewers up for a message so gratifying and fulfilling that it is almost impossible to resist: there is a terrible problem in the world, you are the solution, and all you have to do is pass along this video.

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It is gratifying that acceptable cost-sharing arrangements have, according to published reports, been agreed upon for the next phase of collaborative research, as was the case for the first phase.

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Besides, for many people, stripping philanthropy of sentimentality defeats the purpose: It is tremendously gratifying to most people to visit a new school facility that their money helped build or to tour a woman's shelter that wouldn't be able to keep its doors open without the donor's financial support.

WSJ: The New Science Behind Philanthropy | WSJ.Money Summer 2013