Word: frankness
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According to Frank Sinatra, if you can make it there, you can make it anywhere...
...meantime, the IPCC will remain a political football, as supporters and opponents of climate action battle in Washington. For the public, however, none of the scientific infighting really matters. A survey released last week by Frank Luntz, a veteran Republican pollster, found that despite all the noise, substantial majorities of Americans on both sides of the political divide believe that climate change is real, and that something needs to be done about it. They don't want to know the details - the exact speed of the Himalayan glaciers' melt is not going to motivate the public one way or another...
...based: how to structure the resolution authority and regulate systemic risks, a loophole exempting "industrial loan companies" from various regulations, more loopholes shielding community banks and auto dealers (known for their pull with local Congressmen) from the new consumer agency's direct oversight. House Financial Services Committee chairman Barney Frank points out that the Republican alternative to the bill consisted of ending TARP and otherwise maintaining the status quo; he's surprised the GOP hasn't paid a political price. "I'm disappointed with the zeitgeist," Frank says. "The Republicans are so extreme they couldn't help themselves; they actually...
When Harvard head coach Tommy Amaker arrived in Cambridge following the 2006-07 season, he took the helm of a mediocre basketball program. During former head coach Frank Sullivan’s final season in charge, the Crimson finished 5-9 in conference play and failed to capture the ever-elusive Ivy League championship...
...really admire his work. I thought he was very frank,” she said...