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Because the highs can be so electrifying and the defeats so crushing, players often want help contextualizing the season. Their professions depend on victory, but the Vince Lombardi Trophy can signify something greater than a big win. When asked if a Super Bowl ring serves as an idol for the players, Trapp puts his spin on football's Holy Grail: "Every time I think about the Super Bowl, I think about the season. Every time I think about the season, I think about the relationships. And the Super Bowl doesn't even compare to the season and the relationships - because...
...bill's accumulation of executive-branch power. Regulators are also sniping. At Thursday's hearing in the House, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation chair Sheila Bair said the Administration's plan didn't give enough power to regulators. Graybeards like Paul Volcker have been calling for greater constraints on big banks...
...help explain why Geithner was so outspoken on the Hill Thursday. "Now that we have hammered out an agreement with Frank," says the top aide, "it's time to defend it." Geithner's biggest advantage is that the politics of reform are on his side, as he told the big bankers last week. Americans aren't much interested in details, but any appearance of moving forward on reform will have support, while those who try to slow the Administration down will appear to be siding with the big banks and Wall Street. That view is supported by a new TIME...
...Geithner's gamble is that he can leverage that political advantage to rush a bill that will restructure much of the financial system of the United States in a matter of months. It will be a big win for the Administration if he does, as long as the hurried result actually helps, not hurts, financial stability...
Another Halloween staple, this “multi-story, totally free dance party” has “$1500 worth of club lighting” and four DJs. If you don’t mind huge crowds of sweaty partygoers, we hear this is the big event of the weekend...