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...fact, the austerity scolds have found surprisingly few specific outrages. Republicans released a list that mocked $75 million for "smoking-cessation activities," which are actually a terrific way to hold down the long-term health costs that threaten the Treasury's long-term solvency, as well as $6 billion "to turn federal buildings into 'green' buildings," with the telling scare quotes deriding the idea of creating short-term jobs for retrofitters while reducing long-term federal energy costs and emissions. There has been a sensible push to add even more money for mass transit, which reduces energy use, increases...
...lawyer, piling up the convictions of a Philadelphia judge, a Florida state treasurer and crooked FBI agents. In 1988, Ronald Reagan appointed him to the D.C. superior court, the front line for those fighting drug and gang violence in the nation's capital. Holder quickly earned the nickname Judge Hold 'Em among defense lawyers for refusing to set bail for clients who were accused of violent crimes. He was known for listening carefully to arguments and showing leniency to defendants willing to assume blame. But hard-core criminals had the book thrown at them. "I told my clients...
...little chance that he was a 4-1 underdog, unsheathed his vaunted right hand--which he called his "toonder and lightning"--in the third round, driving Patterson to the floor. Six more times he made Patterson one with the canvas, becoming the first non-American in 25 years to hold the heavyweight championship...
...senior faculty level, Harvard’s economics department saw its one search put on hold, while Yale has stayed the course that it set for itself prior to the crisis with between 5 and ten searches, indicating that preserving its commitment to hiring might give it a key edge...
...recalled. “If I didn’t start writing this, it would have started writing me.” When Schrader has derived a story from a given problem, he develops the plot by testing it on an audience. If the story can hold someone’s attention for forty-five minutes, he is confident he has a film. And as someone who grew up “listening to grown-ups telling stories” in lieu of television, he knows how to hold an audience. Even while fielding serious questions, he managed to draw...