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...similar innovation came in fund raising. Normally, it is only the big donors who get quality time with a candidate. But Obama devoted far more of his schedule to small-dollar events. In Kentucky, the month after he announced his run for President, the first such effort quickly sold out all 3,200 tickets at $25 a head - and produced the beginning of a local organization. "It's the difference between hunting and farming," says Obama moneyman Matthew Barzun, 37, the Louisville Internet-publishing entrepreneur who arranged the event. "You plant a seed, and you get much more...
...able to trust the wisdom of the Committee.” Bernanke is a particularly relevant choice in light of recent market turmoil brought on by a fall in housing prices and the defaults on millions of mortgages, a surge in oil prices, and a decline in the dollar. “He should have some interesting things to say,” said Jeffrey S. Bramson ’08, an economics concentrator. “As far as economics goes, he’s about the most qualified person.” A 14-member subcommittee...
...2008b). "Table 1.7: Energy Consumption per Real Dollar of Gross Domestic Product," Monthly Energy Review...
...roughly 17,000 Btu of energy were required, on average, to produce a dollar's worth of output, with output being measured in chained (2000) dollars. In 2007 the corresponding figure was 8,800 Btu (see Table 1.7, "Energy Consumption per Real Dollar of Gross Domestic Product," in Energy Information Administration, 2008b...
...sweatshirt and a set of 2008 liquor glasses.While his remarks were short, Summers seemed to enjoy his celebrity, spending several minutes after the event greeting well-wishers, taking photos, and accepting thanks from seniors and their families. At one point the former treasury secretary was asked to sign a dollar bill. He obliged.“He’s very famous,” a mother told her child, not even waist-high, pointing at Summers.When the child, four-year old James Corcoran, made his way to the front of the line, he was rewarded with plenty of attention...