Word: alongism
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...which is responsible for the "legacy loan program" to remove toxic loans from banks' books, is considering alternative plans to the one rolled out at the end of March by Geithner. A senior Treasury official says the legacy securities program, which is intended to handle toxic securities, is "chugging along nicely" and that they are seeing "interest on both sides" of potential sales. The official says that while some banks may be reluctant to participate, Treasury is not worried...
...Kagan assuming the Deanship, she emerged as the leading candidate, along with Williston Professor of Law Robert H. Mnookin, well ahead of then-President Lawrence H. Summers’ decision. This time around, the field is more open, with a slate of seven internal candidates and, among those, three or four top candidates whom Faust is considering...
...This type of cut specifically disadvantages the Quad,” says Christakis, who along with his wife will inherit a budget finalized by his predecessors, James J. and Sue McCarthy. He adds that he was concerned that Quad residents will also have to contend with the closure of the Quad library next year, another cut announced in early...
...fruition as soon as the calendar shifted. ‘ON A DIFFERENT TRACK’According to Hammonds, “initial plans” for the period were underway when she took office in 2008, as her staff began investigating the possibilities for J-Term programming along the lines of what the Conley committee had originally envisioned. Faculty of Arts and Sciences Dean Michael D. Smith says that he and Hammonds approached the Board of Overseers and some alumni early last fall with their ideas for January and were encouraged to further investigate the details involved with implementation...
...beauty of our democratic system is that it is self-correcting. The problem is that the corrections meted out by an understandably outraged electorate often push the pendulum too far in the opposite direction. Last November, voters understandably upset with Republican excesses, gave the Democratic Party the presidency along with complete and expanded control of Congress. Predictably, one-party Democratic rule is proving susceptible to the same dangers that befell Republicans, and have befallen so many predecessors throughout our history...