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...satisfied with Bush’s latest appointment of Ben S. Bernanke ’75. Bernanke’s résume is impressive. After graduating summa cum laude from the College, he received his Ph.D. at MIT and taught at Stanford and Princeton. Widely known as an expert on monetary policy, Bernanke served as a Fed governor for two years, and for the past 10 months has been chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers (CEA). He is well liked and respected by other economists and his colleagues, regardless of their political persuasion. Furthermore, financial markets responded positively...
...Looking to redefine how Americans see their party, Democrats have sought advice from a number of marketing experts over the last several months, including Jack Trout, a branding expert who has advised several Fortune 500 companies on how they can "position" themselves better, and John Cullinane, who runs a Boston-based strategy group. Steve Bing, the millionaire movie producer who has given millions to Democratic organizations in the last couple of years (and used to date actress Elizabeth Hurley) is also involved, as well as a number of veteran Democratic hands, such as former Al Gore spokesman Doug Hattaway...
...constituency and growing responsibilities--remains chronically underfunded. "The Coast Guard is a damn good building block, but you can't expect it to do what it did in Katrina on the current budget model it's on," says Stephen Flynn, a former Coast Guard commander who is now an expert in homeland security at the Council on Foreign Relations. "Its assets are falling apart," he says. Of the 41 major naval fleets in the world, the Coast Guard's is the 39th oldest, behind even Pakistan. It is in the middle of a massive, 25-year modernization project, but Flynn...
What made you give up law to become a housework expert? I began to feel very wistful and nostalgic and think there was a great deal to [housework]. Also, I thought that the women who had done it were so misunderstood. I adored them. They were my heroes--my grandmothers and my aunts who taught...
...where ethanol is usually made from corn, it has had a rockier road partly because government subsidies are seen as benefiting big producers. Brazil's ethanol industry has created nearly 1 million jobs and helped cut oil imports. Says Alfred Szwarc, an expert with São Paulo's sugar-cane association: "People see Flex cars as the car of the future...