"It sounds like a pretty good idea to me, " he said.

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The second prong of the independent contractor proposal would allow a contractor to tell a business to withhold from 15% to 35% of his check and send it to the IRS. Sounds like a good idea for encouraging voluntary compliance among cash management-challenged self-employed types, right?

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At first sight having investors pay for ratings sounds like a good idea, but it is difficult to see how it would work in practice.

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All it does is require shareholder approval, which sounds like not only a good idea, but also prevents the appearance that aapl is bending to the needs of a large hedgie.

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It too sounds a fine idea, but even top private schools, with lots of money and good teachers, find it tricky to timetable lots of variation within one age-group's lessons.

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Sounds like a bad idea, but Daniel Lyons explains in the story on page 90 why it may be a very good one.

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