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...person to draw an irregular line and for others to attempt to imitate it. Early on, he brought color into the mix to produce agitated chromatic force fields. And in the '80s, after he moved for a few years from Manhattan to Spoleto, Italy, LeWitt began using big, broad phalanxes of colors so bright they play havoc with your retinas...
Democrats are emboldened by their election victory but don't yet enjoy the broad margins they will have in the new session that begins in January. Yet there are high-stakes issues that can't wait. This week Congress will try to approve a bridge loan for the auto industry and a stimulus package that includes unemployment benefits, Medicaid help for the states and some assistance for small businesses. House Banking Committee chairman Barney Frank will call on Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke and Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson for a roasting on how the $700 billion bailout - passed...
...What did he think was wrong with the Republican Party? What did he think of his former primary rivals? What was the best direction for the conservative movement? To each question, he would answer only in broad strokes, refusing to get too specific or pointed. He was writing a book, he would say. It would come out after the election. He would "name names." Just wait...
...Hedge funds as a class are still doing better than broad market indexes - or, rather, they have been performing less badly. The average hedge fund is down about 20% in 2008, according to Hedge Fund Research's HFRX global index. By contrast, the Dow has dropped 40% this year; MSCI's index of developed and emerging stock markets has plunged nearly 50%. But some large, established funds have taken big hits. In mid-October, the $17 billion Chicago-based firm Citadel Investment told investors that its flagship fund had dropped nearly 30% this year. According to Singapore-based Eurekahedge, which...
...silence—organizing vigils, boycotts, and rallies to alter public perceptions and enact change even after the votes were cast. Their strong response, while a little late, should serve as inspiration for other Americans disturbed by the recent drawing-down of gay rights, toward the emergence of a broad national movement in support of same-sex marriage as a right like any other...