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...evidenced by the tremendous level of excess reserves. When it does, the Fed will find it difficult indeed to summon the political will, or find the ability, to soak up all this excess liquidity. Recessions ordinarily lead to deflation or disinflation, which increase the real value of assets and act to end the recession by fostering spending. This natural and necessary corrective mechanism will be thwarted by inflation as soon as we begin to get out of the recession. That is the danger of treating a crisis of confidence as a crisis of liquidity...
While studying cigarette smokers who were trying to quit in the 1970s, Marlatt discovered that people who considered the act of smoking a single cigarette after their quit date to be a complete defeat and evidence of an innate and permanent lack of willpower were much more likely to let a momentary lapse become a full-blown relapse. That was the start of Marlatt's work on AVE. Since then, he has become one of the world's leading authorities on preventing relapse. (See photos of vintage cigarette...
...will not be deterred by this act,” he said. “We will continue this beautiful traditional of bringing light and warmth and illumination...
...large menorah set up by the Chabad House at Harvard in Cambridge Common was found vandalized Friday morning, the final act in a week of damage inflicted on Chabad’s religious display in the Common...
...This menorah is purely a religious symbol,” he said. “It’s just a plain-out anti-Semitic act...