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...been painted as something of a regulator missing in action - he's still explaining why he wasn't on particular conference calls during the Bear Stearns meltdown in March. (He told the Wall Street Journal he missed one call because the time changed, and he was involved in other calls throughout the weekend.) When he appears alongside Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke and Treasury secretary Hank Paulson at press events he can seem dwarfed in stature, the representative of an agency with its roots not in sweeping monetary policy but in humble consumer protection. Created by Congress...
...Over the last decade, rising sea levels have caused severe problems for Kiribati, including increasing high tides, harsher wave action, and coral breaching. Coupled with the scarce resources, a recent year-long drought, and exorbitant fuel and food prices that have crippled an already unstable economy, the newest crises promise to make the atolls uninhabitable in the near future...
Congress must still approve the bailout - but no one wants to take responsibility for what may come in the absence of action; the plan is likely to go through...
...untested secondary. “I tried making a play when I should have just thrown it out of bounds,” Randolph said. That interception was followed by a critical fumble. Facing third and goal at the Crimson’s one, Randolph rolled out on play action, only to find senior linebacker Eric Schultz staring him in the face. Schultz drilled Randolph for a sack, forcing a fumble which he then recovered. In fact, Holy Cross managed just three sustained drives all night—a 76-yard drive that resulted in a second-quarter field goal...
...Dave Fish ’72 said. “They came with a really good attitude—they’ve all shown signs of being able to step up the level of their game.” Faced with an exhausting combination of doubles and singles action over three days, Harvard responded with a series of strong performances. “We got a lot of matches in. The guys showed a lot of mental toughness, playing a lot of tennis over three days,” co-captain Chris Clayton said...