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After the 1929 collapse, which at its worst left a quarter of the workforce jobless, the U.S. instituted safeguards to ensure liquidity, confidence and trust in the U.S. financial system. There were four pillars: insuring the bank deposits of everyday Americans, allowing access to government funds in case of a panic, providing a regime for the orderly failure of badly run companies and limiting how much credit could be leveraged off a particular asset...
...including John Ashbery at MIT. Armantrout read from “Verse” and from her most recent compilation, “Next Life,” as well as from unpublished works. Reading with rapidity and inflection, she created images of life characterized by elements of the everyday, mixing symbols of the absolute and of the universal. “This child fights cancer with the help of her celebrity fan club,” Armantrout read from her poem “Operations.” In another poem, from “Next Life...
...pass off to freshman back Georgia McGillivray, who ripped a shot that flew by Husky goaltender Colleen Duffy. “It felt awesome,” McGillivray said of scoring her first collegiate goal. “We’ve been working on corners all day, everyday, so it feels good to finally execute them properly.” Only two minutes later, Northeastern tied the game. Husky midfielder Kaela Barker received a pass on the edge of the circle and buried a one-timer in the bottom left-hand corner of the goal. The Northeastern offense increased...
...best and the brightest. Remember that story you told us, of little Timmy or somebody who began just like us and went on to cure Parkinson’s or something his junior year? I understand that the point of it was to keep us almost romantically inspired. Everyday on campus, as we watch heads of state mingling with Nobel Laureates, we start believing that with our Harvard education we really can change the world...
...apprehension is played out perfectly by Flynn. The character of Callie is a complete departure from the infamous Mrs. Lovett she played earlier this year in “Sweeney Todd,” and she showcases her range of ability with an excellent portrayal of everyday situations as well as the fantastical. Elmore also presents an ease with the stage that is especially hard to portray in such an intimate script. Because “Stop Kiss” doesn’t boast any theatrical pyrotechnics or thrilling plot twists, the task of drawing the audience in depends...