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...Sosland Family Professor Mary M. Gaylord doubted the feasibility of such a plan. “It would place a burden on the House system that, without a radical reorganization, would not be possible to absorb,” she said...
...Wall Street last week. In a meeting on Tuesday with bond traders, he explained that the government might have to borrow $100 billion to $150 billion a year for 10 years to finance the new private accounts. Participants say the traders told Snow that the markets could easily absorb that much. As a bond executive said, "Mr. Secretary, that's a rounding error in our business...
...roughly 15% growth in car sales that China saw last year, in China that increase might be too slow to keep up with production. Foreign firms like GM, Volkswagen and Ford have invested billions of dollars in China to make far more cars than the market can absorb. Last year Chinese consumers bought about 2.2 million cars, and assembly lines in China should be able to make up to 8 million vehicles a year by 2010, even though the estimated market will be half that. As a result, carmakers have cut prices on some models by up to 30%. Profit...
Kuumba’s rendition of Colorado Mass Choir’s “The Real Meaning of Christmas,” included a duet with such sweet harmony that many in the audience closed their eyes to absorb the sound. Following this performance was a pop-style performance of “Mary Did You Know,” delivered by the Brothers of Kuumba (the group’s small all-male offshoot) and arranged by Reid himself. From the first beat of the Kuumba performers’ snapping hands, the crowd was up and down through...
...They sound like the books we want to write,” he said. “All too often we tend to think of students as people who will absorb our wisdom rather than as co-authors...