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...hiding: from people who would harm us; from our deepest, darkest selves; from the slow or abrupt intrusion of death. If we emerge from our haunts, they'll be waiting. If we stay inside, they'll come...
...holdings of U.S. government bonds did drop by 4% to $755 billion, the U.S. Treasury Department reported this week, but those numbers are from December, before the recent downturn in ties. China's vast holdings of U.S. debt give it only limited leverage, because any partial sell-off would harm the value of its remaining U.S. assets. Dumping Treasuries would also undermine the American economy, further dampening the market for Chinese exports. So even as the U.S. and China find a growing number of issues over which to argue, their economic interdependence helps keep the disagreements from spiraling...
...Wall Street is lobbying furiously to try to block the CFPA, and Republican congressional leaders have denounced the idea as big-government overreach that would harm consumers by stifling innovation - especially if bank basher (and TARP watchdog) Elizabeth Warren, the intellectual godmother of the agency, gets to run it. Some finance-friendly Democrats have been resistant as well. The new agency was included in the financial reforms the House of Representatives passed along party lines in December, but it has been a stumbling block as the Senate has struggled to put together a bipartisan bill, and even the House version...
Among other failures, Wakefield neglected to disclose that he was a paid adviser in legal cases involving families suing vaccine manufacturers for harm to their children. It appears that he also handpicked children for his research rather than including patients he encountered at his clinic--another deception cited by the Lancet editors...
...Other critics said that while discussing French identity isn't objectionable in itself, people used the scores of open debates and the government's online forum to voice opinions that only served to offend public sensibilities. Some have even questioned whether the entire initiative may have backfired, doing more harm to Sarkozy's already tarnished image and undermining his party's chances in the March balloting. Early polls showed the right cruising to victory in the regional elections, but since the identity debates began, surveys show the left likely coming out on top. (See pictures of Sarkozy in London...