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...effort to stem foreclosures and the depressed house prices they perpetuate entered a new phase on Tuesday as Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac announced a fast-track program meant to make hundreds of thousands of mortgages affordable to people who can't currently meet their monthly payments. The roll-out follows on the heels of new loan modification programs at JP Morgan Chase and Citigroup, but the move at Fannie and Freddie, which together hold or guarantee some 58% of single-family home loans, has the potential to reach much farther since the mortgage industry often takes its cue from...
...from way back in the day. It originates from more of an underground experimental thing—I used to play for very small crowds who weren’t there to have a good time, and it was my job to loosen them up. It was a big effort to make it as entertaining as possible and to put an energy into it, so back then I got into taking off clothes kind of like “I’m here, you can join in” way, but by now that the shows have evolved into...
...years later, she is writing her junior tutorial paper on the “re-emergence of electroshock therapy in the 21st century” and leading an effort to revive a nationwide History and Science journal...
...York and see hope for expanding gay marriage despite the setbacks on Election Day. New York governor David Paterson has been an outspoken defender of gay marriage, and some hope to press the legislature there to pass laws allowing it - though conservative Democrats could well block such an effort. And while momentum may ultimately be on the side of advancing gay rights, Mohler says the fight is moving from courthouses to living rooms. "Both sides recognize this is now a battle for the hearts and minds of our neighbors," he says...
...language barrier can be a great benefit or it can ruin everything. The effort to communicate is a form of foreplay. It creates a nice kind of tension...