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Undoubtedly, these rights have often been tragically withheld by those in power. But it is vital that we separate the ideals themselves from the flawed human beings entrusted with their safekeeping. These ideals form a common heritage stronger than any ethnic bond, for they recognize the sameness of our inherent dignity as human beings rather than the differences in our ethnic backgrounds...
There's no need to go to mysterious far-off lands this Spring Break in order to bond with strangers, test the limits of your tolerance, and find a core of inner strength. A short ride on the red line will bring you to that mecca of self-discovery known as Filene's Basement...
These are three actual excuses which have been (and continue to be) used by those in the know. Use with caution. They're not original, but they're authentic, and no one ever said the CIA was like James Bond anyway. Come on, don't forget George Herbert Walker Bush was head of this blameless organization...
Whether psychology or economics, one thing is clear. Ames represents a new kind of spy, not the type that James Bond movies of John Le Carre novels are made of. Neither is he a Kim Philby or a Jonathan Jay Pollard--no complex web of ideological motivations bore on his act of treason...
...increase engineered by the Fed in February -- a boost in the short-term rate from 3% to only 3.25% -- was still low by historic standards and applied only to the federal funds rate on loans from one bank to another. But even that modest move sent stock and bond markets into a tizzy, largely because the boost was the first after a five-year fall in borrowing costs. Moreover, the almost universal assumption % is that Greenspan, having reversed course, probably will not stop there...