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...Writing about the possible effect of the $825 billion federal program, The Los Angeles Times reports that "The House bill, which is likely to be voted on next week, would bring the state more than $11 billion in health care and education money that could go directly to reducing the deficit through mid-2010." Additional funds would come into the state for building highways and other transportation infrastructure...
...need more traditional enforcement," says Dunbar. "With big funds and banks, the government, in effect, becomes the back-up insurance if they go bad. Firms that grow too big to fail must pay for this insurance; this might achieve a kind of new self regulation." (See the top 10 financial collapses...
...basketball squad. After his eligibility expired, Puchtel returned to Harvard and received his degree. In 2002, catcher Mickey Kropf ’04-05 transferred to Vanderbilt, where he played for two seasons before returning to Cambridge. Both those transfers, however, occurred before the current moratorium took effect. —Jillian K. Kushner contributed to the reporting of this story...
...Wintour is also bigger than her larger-than-life job, the most prominent editor of her day. Part of that is the Streep effect. And part of it is because of Wintour's longevity, consistency and personal quirks. She prefers sunglasses indoors and cover shoots outdoors. Her reserved mien and decisiveness - what some call "the specificity of her vision" and others her inflexibility - have attracted fabulous nicknames like Nuclear Wintour...
...ambassador stressed the point again, saying insurgent forces in Iraq remained deadly and poised to reassert themselves. Moreover, Crocker said, a hasty departure of U.S. forces might deepen doubt among Iraqis, who tend to see the current security gains as fragile. "I think it would have a chilling effect on Iraqis," Crocker said...