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...that standard, we're doing O.K. But Bernstein and Christina Romer, the chairwoman of the President's Council of Economic Advisers, made the mistake of providing a more optimistic baseline last January - a forecast in which unemployment peaked at 9% without the stimulus bill and stayed below 8% with it. (See who's who in Barack Obama's White House...
There are signs that a shift may be on the way: In January, the city council of El Paso, which borders Mexico’s Ciudad Juarez—arguably the most dangerous city in Mexico—passed a resolution to open up dialogue on an end to drug prohibition in the United States. The resolution was vetoed by the mayor, partly because he was afraid of losing federal funds for the city, but nevertheless achieved the intended effect of raising awareness of the issue...
...nine-member legislative body of Cambridge, the Council votes on city ordinances and also hires the City Manager, the city’s chief executive. In January, the councillors will choose one of their number to serve as mayor...
...opposed from the outset, seems a coup in itself. In the end, both sides agreed on the need "to root the decision [on Zelaya's return] in a democratic institution" rather than international mediation, says Dan Restrepo, President Obama's senior director for Latin America in the National Security Council. (See pictures of the violence in the wake of the Honduras coup...
...possible to verify the authenticity of the passport, number L8642163, or determine whether its apparent holder had been in the area, had been killed or had abandoned it there years ago. But the details in the passport closely matched those available from an Interpol-U.N. Security Council Special Notice. The passport number only differs by one digit, and the photographs are clearly of the same person...