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...compliment. I think that right now you could be said to personify home cooking in 2010. You are what Fannie Farmer or Betty Crocker or James Beard was to Americans in the past. Or, I guess Betty Crocker is imaginary. But you're in that line. That's a huge compliment...
Though administrators say they are pleased with the results of last year’s budget-cutting measures—including a wave of layoffs and an early retirement package for staff—Smith described the remaining sum as “huge,” earlier this year...
...Kenneth Rogoff of Harvard University found in a recent study that once a country's government-debt-to-GDP ratio passes 90%, growth declines by at least one percentage point a year. For industrialized economies that rarely expand more than 2% or 3% a year, that's a huge chunk. "We're coming at a point in which growth prospects are really taking a hit," Reinhart says. Growth could also be restrained by the budget cuts necessary to narrow deficits and reduce borrowing. The effect could be felt for a protracted period. Jean-Luc Schneider, a deputy director...
...That help has a price. European ministers are insisting that Greece implement a severe austerity plan to quickly reduce its fiscal deficit. Papandreou has already promised pay cuts for public employees and tax hikes, but his European counterparts are demanding an even stricter program. That presents a huge test to his regime. Government workers have already staged strikes to protest Papandreou's plans. So far, he's held firm. A recent poll showed that two-thirds of Greeks believe the Prime Minister's measures are necessary; only 41% think they go far enough. "The government has seen the problem...
...Emma’s a beast,” Lippert said. “She always brings this intensity that’s really contagious. Even though she was in foul trouble, the minute she was in, she was a huge contributor. She really makes it happen...