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...also known in some legal circles as a highly skilled litigator.Despite Sullivan’s greater experience litigating, Kagan has a longer history with Obama, stretching back to their shared time on the faculty of the University of Chicago Law School in the early and mid-1990s. Kagan has supported Obama, a Law School graduate, in the past as well.But Kagan’s relationship with Obama may not have been a deciding factor. “Sullivan took herself out of consideration well over a month ago,” Tribe said. “Her name was bandied...
...Sasaki argues that, compared with a period in the mid-1990s when the yen hit a postwar peak against the dollar, today's negative impact on the Japanese economy is "not that large." That's because the U.S. over the past decade has seen higher inflation than Japan, where prices have been relatively flat for many years. To have the same effect as the peak in 1995 - when the exchange rate reached 79.75 yen to the dollar - Japan's currency would have to soar to 48 to the dollar, he says. "If we think about the inflation-rate differentials...
...long championed improved interfaith dialogue. He played a backroom role in reuniting the Moscow-based church with followers of the Russian Orthodox Church outside of Russia, though he has been criticized for allegedly profiting from the church's stake in the alcohol and tobacco trade in the 1990s...
...American golfer Fred Couples who earned the nickname Boom Boom in the 1990s with his explosive tee shots. But golfers who use titanium clubs in search of similarly long drives beware: those booming shots may not be good for your hearing...
...Kagan has supported Obama, a Law School graduate, in the past, and the two met when they served on the faculty of the University of Chicago Law School in the early and mid-1990s...