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...solution being floated in the Senate, however, might work precisely because there would be no real winners. The Senate, where the bill has more support among Republicans than in the House, would take the lead and attach the bill to a resolution that continues to fund the federal government through the election. That is a measure members have a hard time voting against, and if the Senate then adjourns, the House would pretty much be forced to swallow the Senate's single bill. House members would then be forced to vote for or against the budget along with the bailout...
...Before his resignation, former University President Lawrence H. Summers had reportedly negotiated gifts with two $100 million gifts to fund the sciences, and many expected that these gifts would eventually come through once Harvard had permanent leadership again...
...growth in SEAS faculty from about 70 professors to 100 will bring in more “sponsored research”—where professors fund their own work through grants—which Dumay said will be one of SEAS’ main sources of revenue...
Though it sounds secretive and glamorous, debate prep is magnificently unpleasant for everybody involved. The candidates have gripped and grinned their way through a savage jungle of fund raisers, powerful local idiots, soggy state-fair corn dogs and rabid, preening reporters just to get to the debates, a dangerous pinnacle where one slipup could cost the election. The campaign staffs are equally exhausted and by now more than a little frustrated with the candidate they have come to both love and hate. Put them all in a room together in what are often poorly planned prep sessions, and you have...
...More McCain: "There must be a path for taxpayers to recover the money that is put into this fund...