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...bane of Wall Street is uncertainty, and the Middle East these days is certainly loaded with that. The worst-case scenario - an all-out war - could be devastating to the oil-dependent global economy, whether from an embargo or merely a disruption of supply. Merely by worrying about this investors are putting a premium on energy prices that could make their other nightmare - a weakling recovery, stunted by inflation and starved for demand - come true in the meantime...
Today's fleet is both more comfortable and safer than the generation of '70s-era Pontiac GTOs. Higher-tensile steels enable manufacturers to make frames that vibrate less and are stiffer and lighter (the bane of convertibles past was lumbering weight and rattle). "Airflow management" is now a priority--with windshields shaped to reduce wind so you can actually hear that nine-speaker stereo. And upscale roadsters like the Mercedes SL500 feature pop-up roll bars that can deploy in a third of a second. (Such bars, however, won't necessarily save you in a rollover. The National Highway Traffic...
...panel included moderator David Nyhan ’62 and Bradshaw Professor of Public Policy Management Mary Jo Bane, as well as former Boston mayor and current U.S. ambassador to the Vatican Ray Flynn and Rev. Christopher Coyne, director of worship for the archdiocese...
...Bane said the scandal has amplified the laity’s voice...
...addition to Kiely, Bane and Orfield, the other professors who signed the letter were Assistant Professor of Comparative Literature Luis M. Giron Negron, Professor of History James T. Kloppenberg, Agassiz Professor of Biological Oceanography James J. McCarthy, Thompson Professor of Education and Society Richard J. Murnane, Professor of Romance Languages Lino Pertile and Pope Professor of Latin Richard J. Tarrant...