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...begin, we go back to the womb, to the day of James T. Kirk's birth in deep space, when his father makes a noble sacrifice to save the lives of others, including that of his infant son precisely as he makes his way down the birth canal. The next time we see young Jim - in an energetic Spielberg-influenced sequence - he's a bratty Iowa farm boy of about 11, stealing a car and fulfilling every stereotype of a kid lacking a proper father-figure (his mother is "off-planet"). Flash forward another decade and Kirk (Chris Pine...
Bernanke's comments to Congress were not particularly useful because they did not increase the country's understanding of America's economic problems. The recovery is about to begin. It will be slow. Unemployment will stay high for a long time. It is still a risky period. One or two missteps and the ground the economy could gain would then be lost...
...military uprising seemed to be "coordinated with Russia" and aimed at causing "military riots at different places all over Georgia to make sure at the minimum that the NATO training [exercise due to begin shortly] in Georgia would not happen and at the maximum that there would be a full-scale military riot in the country," Shota Utiashvili, an Interior Ministry spokesman, said on Tuesday. Russia denied the charges, with Deputy Foreign Minister Grigory Karasin calling them "delusional" and alleging that "the Georgian leadership is trying to blame their internal political problems on Russia." (See pictures of last year...
...Delivery of Nanos will begin in July, but because of manufacturing constraints, tens of thousands of buyers could have to wait more than a year before their cars are built. The company has committed to producing cars for the first 100,000 owners, who will be selected through a lottery, by the end of 2010. The rest of the buyers are on indefinite hold. They can cancel their bookings and get their money back. Those who choose to stay in line will be paid interest on their deposits by Tata Motors while they wait...
...budget deficit of $220 million comes directly from an eight percent decrease in endowment money being funneled into FAS. Although it would be unsustainable over the long term, Harvard could dip further into its endowment over the next year or two in hopes that the economy will begin to grow again...