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...hose full of dollars at the U.S. economy, exercising unprecedented powers and sidestepping the democratic process, figuring that desperate times called for desperate measures. And while the blaze hasn't been extinguished, it's starting to look like it's under control, which is why President Barack Obama reappointed Fireman Ben to a second term on Tuesday. Bernanke was at the President's side when he made the announcement and heard Obama say that Bernanke had "led the Fed through one of the worst financial crises that this nation and this world have ever faced." (Read Obama's remarks about...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why Obama Reappointed Bernanke to the Fed | 8/25/2009 | See Source »

...work opportunities for aspiring MCs, and the fees they can command. "Business is a little slow right now,' says Colvin, who also suffered a neck injury from an auto accident last month, making the job tougher. He has yet to make back his deejay investment. "I'm like a fireman waiting for a call," he says...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why Deejay Schools Are Thriving in a Recession | 6/6/2009 | See Source »

...keeping with romantic-comedy tradition, there is one special widower living in New Ulm. Handsome and hirsute Ted (Harry Connick Jr.) is the local union representative, part-time fireman and possessor of a pickup truck with a snowplow mounted up-front. Playgirl would present him nestled on a bearskin rug, Budweiser in hand. Since Ted represents the worker and the frozen small-town tundra, and Lucy represents the Man and despicable urban living - seriously, did Governor Sarah Palin have a hand in this script? - it's preordained that they will despise each other. For a few scenes, anyway. If only...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: New in Town, But Same Old Stories | 1/29/2009 | See Source »

...many city managers, it's easier to justify tacking a few fresh dollars onto locals' real estate tax bills than to try and slash the padding on a fireman's health insurance plan. City workers may pay 10% to 20% of a health plan's cost, compared with 30% in the private sector, but you win few local fans when you boost the burden on a teacher or policeman to prettify the municipal bottom line...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Government Jobs Looking Better in the Downturn | 11/22/2008 | See Source »

...fact I’ll give you three reasons why your life couldn’t possibly suck as much as this CD: 1. That stack of work might seem daunting, but at least you’re being kept busy enough to avoid such poor decisions as The Fireman just made. Paul McCartney seems to have far too much time on his hands. The release of “Electric Arguments” by The Fireman marks the third time Paul McCartney has inexplicably decided to team up with 47-year-old musician and record producer Martin Glover...

Author: By Erika P. Pierson, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: The Fireman | 11/21/2008 | See Source »

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