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Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner has a problem. On the one hand, he has to act to save the banks if he's going to start credit flowing and get the U.S. economy back on track. On the other hand, doing so makes him and his bosses look bad. Americans are against bailing out the banks by more than 2 to 1 in some polls. Worse, the banks themselves are deeply mistrustful of anything government might force on them. The head of Wells Fargo told Bloomberg on Monday that a key part of Geithner's plan, the so-called stress test...
...support for Sudan. It blocked a basic press statement from the UN Security Council that would have condemned Khartoum for this retaliatory injustice. The African Union and the Organization of the Islamic Conference, two potential sources of international support in the region, remain silent, and are unlikely to act against al-Bashir...
...rekindled my love for Irish dancing. It’s not the same when I practice alone,” says Driscoll. Driscoll was so inspired that she is going to compete again in November. Corcairdhearg has also been extremely successful in past performances, most recently as an opening act at Cultural Rhythms. The success of the Corcairdhearg’s performance at Cultural Rhythms also speaks for the instructional mission of the club. According to Fallon, only half of the performers were experienced while the others were beginners who wanted to become involved. “They looked...
...subtle direction.“The Pain and the Itch” shows how one family’s secrets can affect the life of a complete stranger. Clay and Kelly invite Mr. Hadid into their home in order to explain, as revealed at the end of the first act, how they have indirectly killed Hadid’s wife. They tell him a story of a family Thanksgiving rife with tension. Clay is hiding his daughter’s mysterious rash from his wife and fighting about the values of his lifestyle with his brother, Cash (Dennis Trainor...
Last Friday, we discovered that guests at the Chinese Students Association’s Graffiti Party had scrawled racial slurs on the walls of the Lowell Grille. This blatant act of intolerance is unacceptable. Unfortunately, this event is just one of the most recent in a series of discriminatory incidents that have transpired in the past two weeks...