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Obama's greatest talent may lie precisely in his ability to be many things to many constituents: a bit of Lincoln, a dash of Wilson, a touch of Roosevelt and Kennedy and Clinton too. In that sense, no single example can tell us much about how he will ultimately lead. Like the many rookies before him, President Obama will write his own chapter of American history...
...step up and perform,” Harms said. “I know that I have to work and train hard.” With the Ivy championship within reach, the Crimson understands the task that remains ahead. A dangerous Columbia team will try to dash Harvard’s hopes this Saturday in the Crimson’s final home game of the season. “We’re confident in the way we play,” Harms said. “But it’s all about who shows up to play...
...critics, the plan smacks of oil-fueled excess, an attempt to one-up rivals on the mad dash across the Arabian Peninsula to build the tallest, biggest, glitziest structures. Their coffers bulging with surpluses, many Persian Gulf states are turning their desert into one giant construction site. There's the City of Silk project in Kuwait, Dubailand in Dubai and any number of ports, airports, universities and giant residential and industrial complexes abuilding in Qatar, Abu Dhabi, Bahrain and elsewhere. KAEC "is not a vanity project, but there is definitely a statement being made," says a Riyadh businessman who asked...
...with Matt Luft, chasing a guy for 50 yards while I just kind of cruised into the end zone. It was awesome. It was definitely a team touchdown.” On Harvard’s next drive, the freshman posted his first collegiate run, a 21-yard dash on an end around. And only one quarter later, he added his first collegiate rushing touchdown with a 22-yard scamper on a reverse. Prior to Saturday, Chrissis’ only minutes of his young collegiate carrier had come last weekend after sophomore wideout Chris Lorditch sprained his ankle...
...some critics, however, the efforts by Paulson and Bernanke look erratic and piecemeal, a constant dash from one fire to the next. And even Treasury officials are keeping a sober perspective about the effect their moves can have on a system as panicked as Americans' is. "This isn't going to be the new Treasury program that saves the world," says department spokeswoman Michele Davis. "That's not going to happen." But there is a unifying theme that explains much of what the big brains at the Fed and Treasury have been doing. And the efforts this week fit with...