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...restaurant. I think when I quit - about twenty years ago, before I took it up again - it was because it didn't seem like readers were getting that distinction. I'd get calls about, "Where's the third-best French restaurant in Chicago?" I don't have any idea, or even any credentials for deciding. I think my experience with people asking solemn questions about where the best this or that is shows how easy it is to be considered an expert in this country...
...risk with waiting around, though, is that a fund that closed once before in order to protect current shareholders is likely to do it again. One idea that Stanasolovich floats is investing the minimum amount required - often $2,000 - in order to lock in as a shareholder; existing investors normally can keep putting in more money even after a fund is closed...
...Schwarzenegger plan would give banks and mortgage servicing companies an out. If they don't want to wait the 90 days, they could agree to temporary interest-rate cuts to reduce the homeowner's monthly payments to an affordable amount. The idea is to make it possible for homeowners to pay their mortgages rather than writing off their debt as bad loans...
...Republican Party here in America, and like good right-wing organizations across the globe, the BJP is brilliant at hiding its ulterior motives under the veil of national security. The last time the BJP was in power was by no means tranquil, and the party’s idea of fighting terror was passing a law that made the Patriot Act look like the Declaration of Human Rights, and then using it to specifically target Indian Muslims during an overwhelmingly Hindu-driven riot...
...beloved landmark in this city, and its residents will have to get used to the idea of a Taj that will never be the same. Disbelieving Mumbaikars have been watching as their city of 12 million has been paralyzed - shops closed, streets emptied - by just two dozen attackers...