Word: hoping
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...when someone in the Obama Administration says something like "We want to reform Wall Street pay," what goes through your head? I hope they can actually follow through with it. But here we have folks in Washington - in the Fed, in the Treasury - who are also investment bankers, especially from Goldman Sachs. So it makes me wary. We're all implicated in this...
...What would you want to see change? I would hope that folks in the Obama Administration would somehow link bonuses to long-term corporate productivity or long-term shareholder value - long-term meaning four to five years instead of five months or a year - and reinstate the Glass-Steagall Act [that separated investment and commercial banking]. These are big reforms, but they'd give you a more stable landscape to make even more changes. Part of what I learned is that the very kinds of daily practices that created the boom in the first place - wanting to book as many...
...screen potential flu victims before they flood emergency rooms. During the initial weeks of the spring outbreak, legions of the "worried well" - those who mistakenly thought they had swine flu - overwhelmed New York hospitals, leaving fewer resources for the truly ill. By trying to identify possible victims early, officials hope to keep hospitals running, mindful of the fact that accidents and other diseases continue even during a flu pandemic. (Read "The H1N1 Flu: Is This a Pandemic...
...definitely questionable," said Mackenzie J. Lowry '11, who is working as a mentor in Cambridge for the summer. "Situations like these are difficult to comment on when you don't know the entire story. But I certainly hope this wasn't a racially based situation. If it was...there needs to be disciplinary action taken against the people who humiliated this renowned professor...
...that his personal life is, well, personal. Yes, his wife accused him of frequenting "underage females" just before she filed for divorce in April. But by keeping absolutely mum, Berlusconi could signal that he won't be drawn into the tabloid frenzy. Then he has to hope that the story fades away. (See Berlusconi's worst gaffes...