Word: fixes
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...funds to remove these assets should be given sufficient consideration: Foreign and private investors can provide deep pockets of untapped funding. The bailout will carry with it inherent risks that prevent any definite prediction of its effectiveness. And surely, even an ideal outcome to this rescue effort will not fix all of the long-term issues plaguing our nation’s financial systems. No matter who wins in November, this country will need to seriously reflect on and address the threats facing the foundations of our economy...
...Crimson simply did not play consistently.“We execute pretty well to start the game, but then we didn’t really get ‘em up in the second and third quarters,” Pizzotti said. “So we have to fix some things, come back with them next week…I think the second quarter, they adjusted their defense a little bit…but still, execution on our part.”—Staff writer Madeleine I. Shapiro can be reached at mshapiro@fas.harvard.edu...
...Democrats are having none of this tale of woe. As far as they're concerned the GOP's platform of deregulation is what caused this problem, and it's a GOP President - however unpopular - who is demanding this fix. They view Boehner's stance with deep suspicion. If enough Republicans did not support the bill, why, they ask, did Republican Senator Bob Bennett and Representative Spencer Bachus, the top Republican on the House Banking Committee, stand at the press conference on Thursday announcing the agreement and voice their support? Why wait until a meeting at the White House to throw...
...Perhaps, the Democrats now wonder, the point was actually to make it harder. Some party members think Boehner created a problem for the Republican nominee to fix; if the House Republicans can be brought around from their initial intransigence, McCain would be seen as the savior of the bill. Even some of the McCain campaign's statements Thursday afternoon seemed to suggest as much. "We're optimistic that Senator McCain will bring House Republicans on board without driving other parties away, resulting in a successful deal for the American taxpayer," said McCain spokeswoman Kimmie Lipscomb...
Light started off the discussion by likening his view of a solution to the actions of an emergency-room doctor trying to treat an automobile accident victim, accentuating the need for short-term stability (stopping the “bleeding”), an intermediate fix (doing something “surgical”), and longer-term “rehab and recovery...