Word: jimming
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...call attention to the impending crisis, lawmakers like Senator Christopher Dodd - the No. 1 recipient of campaign contributions from Fannie and Freddie - preached the soundness of these institutions. This is not a failure of the free-market system; it is the failure of big government and its manipulations. Jim Vance, Birmingham, Alabama...
Shortcuts, for example, make us more prone to do whatever everyone else is doing - or whatever Jim Cramer tells us to do. "The brain cannot afford to re-evaluate on a millisecond by millisecond basis. So it will use other people's opinion as a proxy for its own," says Emory University neuroeconomist Gregory Berns, author of the new book Iconoclast: A Neuroscientist Reveals How to Think Differently...
...Asked why Florida Republicans declined to buy ads in black newspapers promoting McCain's candidacy, Jim Greer, the group's chairman, said, "I prefer to look at what really reaches African-American voters, what gets them engaged, and I'm not sure advertising is always the answer. The answer is sitting down to talk with them." Last year, for instance, Florida Republicans held a leadership conference in Orlando that drew some 500 blacks. Nevertheless, Clarence McKee, a co-chair of African-Americans for McCain in Florida, says of his party, "They have to do more to reach out to black...
...Crimson’s fifth and final touchdown, a 9-yard strike from Pizzotti to senior tight end Jason Miller in the end zone that had given Harvard a 38-10 lead.“We got beat by a better team today,” Cornell coach Jim Knowles said. “I think they beat us in all areas, in all phases of the game: offense, defense, special teams. We gave up way too many big plays on defense, and they were able to pretty much do what they want with their offense. They were more physical...
...With junior Matt Luft adding four catches for 139 yards, the top three wideouts were able to run all over the secondary. “We knew they had one guy out, but that Luft was so good, and we really focused on him,” Cornell coach Jim Knowles said. “But then, you know, Harvard’s going to have somebody out there to make more plays. Not much you can do, you gotta cover them all. They’re talented offensively.” With that much inexperience lining up, Murphy...