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...Jenkins, C.S.C., has described Obama’s “visit as a basis for further positive engagement,” and not as “support [for] all of his positions.” And Douglas W. Kmiec, Obama’s most ostentatious Catholic booster during the election, panegyrized the President as a real “fightin’ Irish,” like Notre Dame, “when it comes to working for social justice.” American Catholic laymen on the right and left will continue to disagree, no doubt...
After the $180 billion AIG bailout initiated last summer, the $700 billion financial-system booster last fall and the $878 billion stimulus package this winter, convincing Americans that their money isn't being wasted is no easy task. Geithner has said the government may put up as much as $1 trillion in loans and guarantees to subsidize the sale of the toxic assets to private investors. Though the government could get back the money if the assets start trading again, many Americans see it going down a sinkhole. Says Democratic pollster Mark Mellman: "There's a narrative out there...
...Beanpot was definitely the turn around,” Fraser said. “[It] was a huge motivation booster and instilled confidence in a lot of our younger players...
...They’re the second best team in the league and they were the best team last year, so to be able to beat them before we go into the playoffs is a real good boost for us. It’ll be a confidence booster for us coming up to next week, and, if we see them again in the playoffs, it’s confidence for us to try to beat them again.” PLENTY OF PENALTIES The first period saw a lot of careless action, with players flying in and out of the penalty...
...What do you do and say at that awful moment? Keep your mouth shut. Keep your hand away from the pen. Sign nothing. Keep your thoughts to yourself. Ask questions. At the risk of sounding adversarial - and I don't like to do that because I'm a huge booster of the HR profession - these people have a script. HR and the layoff managers are war-gamed against a script because they need to protect themselves legally. If you only ask questions, in a really calm way, you can get them to move off-script. And when they move...