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...budget shortfalls, their attention is sure to remain focused on what help the Federal Government might lend. When the governors met with Obama, they pressed him to pump money into state economies - including funding projects to build schools, bridges and other sorts of public works - and found a receptive ear. "To solve this crisis and to ease the burden on our states, we're going to need action and we're going to need action swiftly," Obama said in a speech at the meeting. "This Administration does not intend to delay in getting you the help that we need." Based...
...Gleeson ’10 typically adds, “We’ve known each other since our freshman seminar.” (He often adds a few more mumbled comments that I just can’t quite make out, no matter how hard I press my ear up to the door.) “Listen, boss. I’ve known you since pre-frosh weekend and I’m saying this as both your friend and as someone who understands Ginsburg: get over this broad. She sounds like bad news, and that?...
...MISS: Magnificent Jewels Sotheby's auction in New York of period pieces including emerald- and-diamond ear clips that once belonged to the Grand Duchess Vladimir of Russia and a diamond ring mounted by Boucheron that belonged to 19th century railroad magnate Jay Gould...
Among the crowd-pleasers, this year, was Spain's David Fandila, known simply as "El Fandi," who mixes technical prowess with athletic ability. His moves get people on their feet and almost always end with him receiving a severed ear or two at the end of each match. The multi-talented Fandi arrived for this year's bullfighting season fresh off completing the New York marathon...
...generation, but he sometimes plays poorly in the public spotlight. Geithner, a Summers protégé, is smoother and more politically deft, able to work both for the Clinton team and alongside the Bush Administration. Summers, working from the White House, will most likely have Obama's ear, but it will be Geithner's job to speak to the markets, much as a horse whisperer might calm a jittery mare...