Word: alongism
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...seems to be troubled about the leaking of sensitive government data on the banks. It is unlikely that anyone will be punished for passing along information which the public should never have seen before the pre-announced release date. The information caused movement in the stocks of a number of the banks. Disclosure regulations probably prohibit sharing what the government knew about the firms. In the fury of activity to prepare the findings and present them so that Wall St would not panic, the process of safe guarding the data was neglected. If several of the banks were found...
...primary reason that news organizations gave the bank story so much space was that the public knew the tests were a fraud. Warren Buffett said so, along with a number of other financial analysts. Bank balance sheets are so complex that applying one set of measures for all of them is irresponsible reductionism, these analysts argued. The second part of the fraud was much more elaborate. The government, led by Henry Paulson, forced large banks to take TARP money that they did not need. He made sure that the taxpayers received preferred shares in the firms in exchange...
...Talk’s performance: 20 minutes Number of times CEB representatives swore at the audience: A whole fucking lot. Harvard professors lost to the Obama Administration: 13 professors Yale professors lost to the Obama Administration: 1 professor Yardfest attendance: 7,100 people Number of songs students could sing along to: 1 (“I’m not going to write you a love song...”) Members of the Harvard Class of 2013 Facebook.com group: 1,208 members Number of posts under “Trying on APs?... Is it worth it anymore...
...Some conservatives think that in the long run, the party will be better off without squishes like Specter muddling the coherence of its brand; a GOP campaign committee celebrated his departure with an e-mail headlined "Good riddance," and Limbaugh urged him to take McCain along. Inside this echo chamber, a center-right nation punished Republicans for abandoning their principles, for enabling Bush's spending sprees, for insufficient conservatism. South Carolina Governor Mark Sanford, who has refused to accept $700 million in stimulus cash for his state despite bitter opposition from his GOP-dominated legislature, argues that Chick...
...come up is because he has been a member of the committee for a long period of time, and he's showed a great deal of impartiality. And he doesn't hold any of those views." Even the committee's chairman, Vermont Democrat Patrick Leahy, welcomed Sessions: "I get along well with him. I've always kept my word to him and he's always kept his word to me, and that's the most important thing...