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...bonus scandal could make that repair job even harder than it already is. Growing doubts about the Administration's revitalization plan have now mushroomed into a full-blown credibility crisis. After all, how can Obama ask for upwards of another $750 billion for another bank bailout (as he has in his 2010 budget) and $100 billion to help the world economies, when it appears the Administration has had little control over how the banks have been spending the money thus...
...people in the room made an involuntary sound--you could hear people smile. This wasn't a Ron Silver impersonator; it was obviously Ron Silver. The one who was Rhoda's neighbor in the spin-off of The Mary Tyler Moore Show and the one who had blown the doors off the Barrymore Theatre in Hurlyburly. The one who'd played Joe Mantegna's foil in David Mamet's Speed-the-Plow (a role that won him a Tony Award in 1988) and the tortured and outrageous Alan M. Dershowitz in the 1990 film Reversal of Fortune...
...very small fraction of people infected with HIV, the body's immune response is able to control the virus and prevent it from progressing to full-blown AIDS. Rockefeller scientists found six such people with high levels of the antibodies that inhibit HIV proliferation and keep it from invading new cells. Taking blood samples from these special few, the researchers isolated the antibodies and set about discovering how they work...
...peaches from the trees in the garden you can live a thousand years more. The dancers are the protectors of the peach trees. THC: What is the highlight of this year’s show? JH: I just went to the dress rehearsal yesterday, and I was blown away by how hard everyone worked. I couldn’t pick out just one or two acts. We have very graceful, soft pieces, and we have Korean hip-hop, with the song Purpleline, as well as an imperial fan dance. THC: Which performance in this year’s show...
...such a pretty holiday.” Was peace nowhere to be found! “I wish I’da learned that real soon after Miss Pam and my boys went away.” He still couldn’t accept they’d been blown away? His ignorance flew all over me, and I was ready to bicker over why—precisely why—he thought they were still alive. Except I was assaulted with, “The day for peach cobbler has come!” Ezekiel was already helping...