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What is the best approach, if there is one, for resolving the "too big to fail" issue? -Lawrence Lin, Taipei If I could boil it down to one recommendation, it is that we need strong resolution authority so that any failing institution can be liquidated in a way that does not damage the financial system overall. Then taxpayers will never again have to come in and provide a bailout...
Health care, climate change, terrorism - is it even possible to solve big problems? The mood in Washington is not very hopeful these days. But take a look at what has happened to one of the biggest, toughest problems facing the country 20 years ago: violent crime. For years, Americans ranked crime at or near the top of their list of urgent issues. Every politician, from alderman to President, was expected to have a crime-fighting agenda, yet many experts despaired of solutions. By 1991, the murder rate in the U.S. reached a near record 9.8 per 100,000 people. Meanwhile...
...example, a study published last year in Social Science Research examined 1,558 profiles that white daters living in or near big U.S. cities placed on Yahoo! Personals, which, much like Match, lists 10 racial and ethnic groups users can select as preferred dates. Among the women, 73% stated a preference. Of these, 64% selected whites only, while fewer than 10% included East Indians, Middle Easterners, Asians or blacks. (See a nerdy Valentine's Day guide on Techland.com...
Finally, the women’s team faced the Big Red and won handily again. Harvard rode an 8-1 sabre victory and two 5-4 scores in the other categories to a total winning margin...
...awesome to coach her. To be able to have that kind of talent on your ice every day is incredible,” Stone said. “Jennifer playing in her fourth Olympics is a tremendous accomplishment. She is a big park of Hockey Canada’s future and an exciting player to watch...