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...contend, was a staged production to give the illusion of an agreement and force it down the throats of unwilling House Republicans. Some point to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid's comments Thursday morning that the deal represented what he liked to call "the Obama principles," thus handing the credit to the Illinois senator. And McCain campaign staffers point out that only a couple of days ago Democratic leaders were insisting that McCain had to get involved and help bring his party on board if the plan was going to pass...
...materialize.” Now, for the first time ever, the B&A is offering a course formalizing the instruction of this craft. Supported by the Office of the Arts and by Adams House, “Introduction to Printing & Book Arts” is a 10-week non-credit course that teaches the basics of the craft, including the physics of setting type, the mechanics of hand printers, and the challenge of pulling a pristine print. The class is the brain-child of Jacoby, and it will be taught by Michael Russem, a local printer and book designer...
...construct of the return to the womb—in Victor’s words, “Perfect, beautiful nothing.” A fitting description for “Choke”—if only it had been more inquisitive or given its viewers more credit.—Staff writer Ryan Meehan can be reached at rmeehan@fas.harvard.edu...
...hard to put a smiley face on this stinker. A crash - and this one seems a doozy - usually announces the arrival of hard times. The real economic woe is yet to come, as credit dries up and the economy slips into recession. The power of the next President seems destined to be severely constrained by huge debts and diminishing tax receipts - unless he finds some creative ways out of the morass ... and if he doesn't, his presidency will be a failure. One plausible path to success is proposed by the moderate Democratic scholars William Galston and Elaine Kamarck...
...With WFP as a guaranteed client, many poor farmers will be eligible for credit with which to buy seeds and fertilizer, and perhaps employ people to help harvest the crops. "Once a farmer's group wins a contract they can take it to a local bank," says Rajiv Shah, director of agricultural programs for the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. "They can show that not only do they have the means to produce but a market to sell it." Gates told reporters on Wednesday that he aimed to "transform the way small holders are able to get to market...