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...1990s and early 2000s, when the government recapitalized and even nationalized some of its major banks after real estate and stock-market bubbles burst. The government says it currently plans to take a localized approach to intervention to make sure weaknesses it sees chiefly in regional banks don't develop into a systemic infection. Japan's regional banks don't appear to be facing an immediate crisis, say economists, but the government wants to be prepared. "It's a safety net for smaller institutions," says Takahide Kiuchi, chief economist at Nomura Securities...
...past, protecting our ancestors from eating poisonous alkaloid-containing plants. This theory is supported by the fact that most women in the first trimester experience heightened sensations of bitterness. It makes sense that temporary supertasting abilities act as a protective mechanism in the baby’s most crucial development stage. In the modern world of abundantly processed food where risk of dying by munching the wrong shrub is slim, though, this evolutionary relic may be disadvantageous. In addition, heightened gustatory awareness often condemns supertasters to a life of picky eating. Though they are blessed with a heightened gustatory experience...
...another era, this seemed wonkish and worthy, hardly the stuff of stirring political phrasemaking. Today, though, Brown looks prescient. "We must now go further and develop new global structures for the global age. The events of recent months have pointed out inadequacies in our understanding of the interrelationships between financial markets and between countries." That could be a Brown sound bite from yesterday, but it comes from a 1998 speech on Asia's market meltdown. Speaking to TIME last spring, he worried about the danger of "national supervisors and global flows of capital ... Nobody has quite understood...
...want to help young scientists develop the skills that will ultimately help them in their professional careers and which we hope will help organizations like the EPA and state decision-makers,” said David L. Deegan, a spokesperson...
...dearth of appreciation for math and invert the all too common declarations of “I hate math!” This cultural malaise remains specifically an American problem. According to a study published in the Notices of the American Mathematical Society, the United States is failing to develop the math skills of both girls and boys, particularly among those who could shine at the highest levels. Eastern Europe and Asia, on the other hand, place higher emphasis on rewarding mathematical skills, creating cultures that value progress and achievement in math far more than we do in the United...