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Since Brown unveiled his plan to recapitalize British banks on Oct. 8, his day has yet to end. Downing Street phones ring off the hook as policymakers and financiers vie for a few minutes of his wisdom. When he's not doling out advice, he's meeting with his economic "war cabinet," or giving speeches and blitzing every conceivable media outlet. He has traveled to the European Council in Brussels and before that to Paris for an emergency summit of euro-zone countries - even though he refused to adopt the euro during his 10-year tenure as Chancellor...
...nightly loud music and shaking walls quickly clued her in. When she decided to take a night off from the party scene earlier this fall, Spiro, who is also a Crimson magazine editor, found that the party scene wasn’t going to let her off the hook. Comfortably snuggled in her PJs, Spiro was surprised to discover a large, wasted stranger stumbling through her room. After numerous exchanges (name calling on the rando’s part and “please get out of my room” from Spiro), she finally convinced him to leave only...
...fruits of tense negotiations between the government and British lenders - talks given added urgency by the meltdown in global markets at the end of last week - the bailout is breathtaking for its scale. British taxpayers are on the hook for a $34 billion investment in the Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS), Britain's second-largest lender, a cash injection amounting to almost double the bank's current market capitalization. Most of the investment will take the form of ordinary shares, which private investors are invited to purchase along with the government. But under the deal, those shares yield no dividends...
...Science,” which serves as a sort of Cliffs Notes take on the origin of hip-hop and ranges from slavery to crack.Similarly, “Can It Be (Half a Million Dollars and 18 Months Later),” which borrows the hook from Michael Jackson’s “I Wanna Be Where You Are,” begins with MURS’ solution to all of America’s ailments: “Love one another / Realize there’s no difference.” However, MURS’ indignation...
...Aren't you just letting him off the hook? You ask the question, "What would most men do if they were irresistible and could have sex with any women they wanted?" Isn't that just an excuse?As a psychologist, my tendency is to be empathic. I'm used to making connections with people. That might be one way in which a biography by a psychologist might be a little different, because we don't feel that we're giving away the store if we allow ourselves to connect to a person we're trying to understand...