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...what about the future of the euro? "I think it's quite possible we could see the euro gone in several years - or at least reduced to a currency only used by France, Germany and a few small nations keeping it alive," says Bob Hancké, an expert on European political economics at the London School of Economics. "The problem is that monetary union was never followed up by political union to coordinate budget and taxation practices and create euro-zone institutions and capacities to help member economies adapt to changes and turmoil. The result is member governments are left...
...drumming with something or another, me talking about how they’re going to make it big someday, bigger even than NBA stardom. Or else we’ll go to a room somewhere in the castle where they’ll have music on and everyone will bob their heads and bend their knees...
Crimson co-captain Jeremy Lin has become a household name this year thanks to a feature in Sports Illustrated, 30 points against UConn, and a current second-place standing in the fan voting for the Bob Cousy Award...
...more interested in violating it. They may even be seen as egocentric or possessed by a monomaniacal devotion to their work. The archetype can be justified; some artists flaunt their lack of regard for what their fans think of them, for instance. Anyone who has attended a Bob Dylan concert, for example, knows that he changes the rhythm of his delivery to frustrate audience members audacious enough to sing along...
...Democratic chairman of the Senate Banking Committee, recently broke off negotiations with Senator Richard Shelby, the ranking Republican, a politician so committed to bipartisanship that he placed a hold on all Obama Administration appointees to extract some pork for Alabama. Now Dodd is trying to negotiate with Senator Bob Corker of Tennessee, who said in a recent interview that he truly believes an agreement is possible. But in that same interview, Corker described some modest Administration proposals - like giving consumers the option of a simple "plain-vanilla" mortgage - as "way, way out in left field." He also said that when...