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...Just four days after the Summer Games' closing ceremony, Shanghai unveiled China's tallest building (and the third highest on the planet), the Shanghai World Financial Center, a 101-story tower that sprouted from what had been marshland 15 years ago. The point was unmistakable. Shanghai is back, and bigger than ever...
...like any drug, I soon needed a bigger...
Paulson faces other problems on Capitol Hill too. Both parties in Congress are by now deeply skeptical of any new Administration demands for increased executive authority and are vehemently pushing for more oversight of how Treasury will manage the bailout. The Paulson plan is bigger in that regard than just about anything Bush asked for in the war on terror. Section eight of the proposal he sent to Congress says, for example, "Decisions by the Secretary pursuant to the authority of this Act are non-reviewable and committed to agency discretion, and may not be reviewed by any court...
...some states are going to matter more than others," says Howard Dean, chairman of the Democratic National Committee. "If our registration efforts go very well in Georgia, Georgia will be in play. If they don't go well, they won't be in play. The map is getting bigger for us, not smaller...
...Inspectional services will have to see,” he said. Bartley initially estimated about $10,000 in damage but acknowledged later that weekend that the repairs needed are more significant than anticipated. “We’ll be back ASAP, bigger and better than ever.” “Better, not bigger,” he corrected himself. —Staff writer Alexandra Perloff-Giles can be reached at aperloff@fas.harvard.edu. —Staff writer Abby D. Phillip can be reached at adphill@fas.harvard.edu...