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...state of ideological flux - which means we'll be unusually free to improvise a fresh course forward. We can have universal health coverage and public schools unbound from the stultifying grip of teachers' unions. We can tax fossil fuels so that solar and wind become more economical and commit seriously to nuclear power. We can impose sensible regulatory mechanisms and enthusiastically promote free markets and free trade. We can grow the armed forces to fight all necessary wars but also forgo pork-barrel weapons systems...
...Though he spoke of the cooperation of the world's nations in addressing the credit crisis, Obama also applied some pointed pressure on major economic powers, including nations in Europe and Asia, that have yet to commit to sizable stimulus programs. "We don't want a situation in which some countries are making extraordinary efforts and other countries aren't, with the hope that somehow the countries that are making those steps lift everybody up," he said...
...tenuous, tenacious hold on life. In 1986 he had been felled by diverticulitis, an intestinal disorder. That experience scarred him. "I can't plan for next Thursday," he said. "I'll make a note of it and put a question mark after it. I don't like to commit, because you just don't know what's going to happen. It's got to do with 'the moment is now.' " In the same interview, Richardson testified to her future husband's chameleonic nature. "Liam has this gentleness and strength," she says. "He can cry like a baby and fight like...
...Iowa, tended to the mob: He'd feel a little better, he said, if AIG's executives would "follow the Japanese example and come before the American people and take that deep bow and say I'm sorry, and then either do one of two things: resign or go commit suicide." Grassley's spokesman later clarified that he was just "speaking rhetorically" as far as the suicide part went...
...We’re allowed to not totally commit ourselves to a schedule of three seasons of workouts, but still compete at a high level and showcase our athleticism,” Stevens said. “[Frisbee] has debated moving up to a JV or Varsity status, but we have remained a club sport because of that freedom...