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...what the best design is." But it's leaning toward conducting "reverse auctions" in which the Treasury would, for example, buy $1 billion in bad mortgages from whichever institution would take the least amount of money for them. On the other hand, the Treasury initially asked for a virtual blank check in how it would conduct the bailout, including guarantees that no court or other monitors could second-guess their actions. That provision, not surprisingly, has became a major bone of contention in Congress, and it now appears increasingly likely that some form of oversight will be written into...
...made a "career" out of killing animals, preserving their remains and calling it art is receiving so much attention from the media. This self-obsessed man confesses that his work is all "a mechanical way to avoid the actual guy in a room, myself, with a blank canvas." His work is not art, and we should not be worshiping a man whose only motivation seems to be to getting attention and money by provoking controversy. Mat Beckwith, Villars, Switzerland
...extend Harvard’s early lead. The tally marked Kowal’s first collegiate assist.Wylie had given the Crimson a 1-0 cushion just 10 minutes into the game, taking a pass from Baskind and lofting a shot over Ward’s head from point-blank range.Concern replaced confidence for the Harvard faithful at Ohiri Field in the second half, when an aggressive Davidson squad pulled within a goal and had several near-miss chances to tie things up.A penalty just outside the box set up a scoring opportunity for Davidson in the 56th minute, and Stephanie...
...Obama's speech accepting the democratic nomination suggests a sixth face: con artist. Obama has clearly learned the politics of the blank slate. The objective is to take power by duping voters into believing the candidate shares their views. Yale Zussman, Weymouth, Massachusetts...
...even begun to think of his mass-produced paintings as a means he used to avoid becoming a painter of another kind. "The spot paintings, the spin paintings," he says, "they're all a mechanical way to avoid the actual guy in a room, myself, with a blank canvas...