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...Liddy should have concluded his March testimony and cross examination in front of the House Financial Services subcommittee by pulling a blank sheet of paper from his brief case, writing his resignation on it, and handing it to chairman Barney Frank. Liddy is too class an act to have done that. He at least waited until AIG has reached a more stable state and left without a word of anger...
...This time around, however, the clamor for fundamental change of a system that covers too few and costs too much has grown to the point where the minority party knows that simple obstructionism is a dangerous route to take. "The status quo is no longer acceptable," political strategist Frank Luntz wrote in a confidential memo to congressional Republicans earlier this month. "The overwhelming majority of Americans believe significant reform is needed - and they see Republicans (and the insurance companies) as the roadblock. If the dynamic becomes 'President Obama and congressional Democrats are on the side of reform and Republicans...
...completion of the Centre Georges Pompidou in Paris in 1977. His allegiance is to the working principles of classic Modernism, and in this case with a nod to Chicago Modernism, which he references everywhere. By its horizontal thrust the Modern Wing harks back to the Prairie-style architecture of Frank Lloyd Wright. Its three adjacent bays of glass wall at the end of each floor bear trace elements of the tripartite "Chicago window" that was one of the city's early contributions to skyscraper style. And the whole place speaks the language of Mies van der Rohe, the German Modernist...
...review won't be completed until May 2010. In the meantime, Dr. Frank Greer, chairman of the nutrition committee at the American Academy of Pediatrics, is confident that the academy's new guideline of 400 IUs is enough for kids under 2. But, he wonders, "what about adolescents? Do they need 800?" That remains to be seen. He takes 1,000 IUs daily...
DIED Some nights he was Frank Sinatra, other nights he was Anita Baker, but Danny Gans, 52, a Las Vegas Strip impressionist and singer, always entertained his adoring fans. Five nights a week, 46 weeks a year, Gans crooned comedic songs to Sin City visitors...