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...that what the U.S. is in for? Not necessarily. One crucial difference is that the Federal Reserve under Ben Bernanke, a scholar of the Great Depression, has reacted to this crisis much more swiftly than his Japanese counterparts did in the 1990s. His nickname is "Helicopter Ben," because he believes it's the government's job to litter the landscape with money, if necessary, to prevent economic collapse. No surprise, then, that he endorsed the Treasury's plan to inject capital directly into the banks and this week backed yet another stimulus package for the economy...
...community by taking to heart the central lessons of Harvard’s recent successes and failures in community relations—notably, that institutions should be willing to revise their plans based on the community’s response, and that the support of neighbors can be a crucial factor in a project’s success.REDRAWING THE LINESOver the past few years, Harvard has expanded aggressively into the Agassiz neighborhood, most notably with the construction of the Northwest Science Building and the Law School’s new 250,000-square-foot classroom and student space.Harvard engaged...
...leads John McCain among likely voters by 51% to 47%, up 4 percentage points from earlier this month, when a similar poll showed the two tied at 49%. In Nevada, Obama expanded his lead to 51% to McCain's 46%, up 1 percentage point from September. Similarly, in the crucial swing state of Ohio, Obama leads the Arizona Senator by a 50% to 46% margin, an increase of 1 percentage point from his lead earlier this month. In Virginia, a state that increasingly looks to be solidly in Obama's corner, the Illinois Senator remains 10 percentage points ahead...
...crucial moment of the campaign - the astonishing onset of the financial crisis - it was Obama's gut steadiness that won the public's trust, and quite possibly the election. On the afternoon when McCain suspended his campaign, threatened to scuttle the Sept. 26 debate and hopped a plane back to Washington to try to resolve the crisis, Obama was in Florida doing debate prep with his top advisers. When he was told about McCain's maneuvers, Obama's first reaction - according to an aide - was, "You gotta be kidding. I'm going to debate. A President has to be able...
...homes; 20,000 families have fled across the border into Afghanistan to avoid the fighting, taking their stories and grievances with them. If history is any judge, a new generation of militants - as anti-Pakistani as they are anti-American - will emerge from these camps. If Bajaur is a crucial front for the Pakistani military, the terrorists know not to get cornered into any last stands; they are striking across the country. Al-Qaeda and Taliban bombers are now able to strike Karachi and Islamabad; following the Marriott bombing, militants have targeted political leaders across the country. Their reach also...