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...Marshals are going to work really well together,” Zhang said. “Everyone who is involved will make it their priority to make this year the best for everyone.” Despite the positive feelings, at least one Marshal said that the actual responsibilities of the job remain a bit of a mystery. “We all have a little idea of what being a Marshal entails, but don’t know the extent of it all,” Collins said. “We learn as we go along...
...worst finish out of the Ivies. Jim Daniels, Trojan’s vice president of marketing, said that the rankings shift from year to year because “it’s not a CDC report.” Daniels said the report card does not consider actual STD statistics, but “it brings students’ voices to administrations.” “The purpose of our survey,” said Daniels, “is to raise awareness that America is not a sexually healthy country...
...Rather than bailing out Wall Street, we propose that the government should buy up the actual mortgages in question and do nothing else. The government should not touch any derivatives; that is, claims that do not directly tie into the actual mortgages. If money becomes too tight, then the Fed can certainly increase its loans to financial institutions...
...here too, Spain's regulators have encouraged sensible behavior. For years, banks have been required to put aside cash to cover expected future losses, not actual ones. The Bank of Spain "thought that in the good times it makes sense to build a cushion for the bad times," says Ramirez. So while Spain enters a downturn "a significant portion of the potential deterioration [for banks] will be covered by these provisions." There are no guarantees, of course, for Santander or anyone else, in today's parlous international environment. But for now, at least, Spain offers a lesson in prudence through...
...guzzling Americans has sparked a political showdown over offshore drilling, the partisan warfare has unfortunately obscured a larger, more serious issue—the need for a comprehensive energy security policy. Fortunately, the Democratic majority has made a crucial strategic decision to rise above the partisan fracas and actually begin constructing a cohesive and sensible energy policy for years to come. While the concession to offshore drilling advocates is unfortunate, it was a necessary sacrifice in securing more significant provisions: the removal of enormous subsidies given to the oil companies in 2005 and the redistribution of this revenue to extend...