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What drew the Beats to this very different creed? Not everyone would go so far as spiritual explorer Alan Watts, who once credited Buddhism with enabling him to "get out from under the monstrously oppressive God the Father." But the absence of that ultimate authority figure--and the corresponding decoupling of the notion of compassion from a terror of hell or guilt before an Almighty--was attractive. Likewise, although it contradicted the Christian notion of an individual soul, Buddhism's idea of universal interconnectedness--that, as Kerouac wrote, "there is no separation in any of it"--appealed to the Beats...
...fallout continues. Once again, dour comments by Federal Reserve chief Alan Greenspan on the state of the U.S. economy have touched off a world-wide spate of panic selling, reports Money Daily. Southeast Asian markets were the most affected, with Hong Kong's Hang Seng index dropping 4 percent and Japan's Nikkei falling nearly 250 points. The bulls were equally spooked in Europe - Germany's DAX and Britain?s FTSE were sinking slowly early Thursday. All this on the back of Greenspan expounding a very simple economic truism: higher employment means higher wages and higher prices. What on earth...
...Alan Greenspan proves he can still send the Dow spinning down (TIME Daily...
...loss of Diana is immeasurable, but we will remember her uniqueness as a human being and the effervescent and elegant personality that gave her such universal appeal. She was not only Britain's but the entire world's princess. ALAN NYSTROM Allison Park...
...loss was immediately felt," said R. Alan Ezekowitz, the current Wilder professor of pediatrics and Medearis' successor at MGH. "We miss him already...