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...same time, Obama's stance could help him garner a larger share of the state's non-Cuban Democrats (especially non-Cuban Latinos), who were repulsed by hard-line exile politics during the Elian Gonzalez fiasco. And as for the general election, even many hard-line voters have changed their mind about Bush's travel and remittance policy...
...Poor's and Fitch Ratings wave their magic wand over these top tranches and declare them to be a golden AAA rated. Top shelf. If you want to own AAA debt, CDOs have been about the only place to go; hardly any corporation can muster the credit worthiness to garner an AAA rating anymore. Here's where the potion gets its poison potential. Some individual parts of CDOs are about as base as bonds can be - some are not even investment grade. The assumption has been that even if the toxic waste bonds really stink, the quality tranches can keep...
...that her Arabic-speaking staffers were five in number. It is observed that the U.S. began planning for the occupation of Germany after World War II began two years before the fact. ORHA's planning time was less than 90 days. And its leader, retired army general Jay Garner, was essentially shut out of that process. He and ORHA were then shut out of Iraq less than a month after his arrival, replaced by Ambassador L. Paul Bremer and CPA (the Coalition Provisional Authority), which almost immediately made two huge and irreversible mistakes: the de-Ba'athification of the country...
...movement in Korea is increased competition. Churches number in the tens of thousands here, and are competing so intensely for members that pastors feel pressured to engage in a kind of one-upmanship: sending congregants on as many overseas missions as possible. New markets and riskier missions tend to garner more publicity, which until now has translated into more kudos and ultimately more money for the pastor and the church...
...energy debate in the Senate stalled last week when Democrats failed to garner enough backing for an amendment that would require utilities to produce at least 15% of electricity from renewable sources by 2020. The Senate Tuesday is expected to vote again on that provision - considered essential by environmental groups and most Democrats. Also this week, the Senate will vote on an amendment sponsored by Senator Carl Levin, a Michigan Democrat, that would weaken the fuel efficiency language in the bill. The current measure would require all vehicles to achieve 35 miles per gallon by 2020. Levin's alternative would...