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...points, like the steady drummer he's been so far - to justify what he said. This way, economists and pundits and investors and investor-watchers are left confused and maybe a little hurt - not to mention in possession of the excuse many of them have been waiting for to knock Father Greenback off his Teflon pedestal...
...left-wing knock against "All in the Family," and more specifically against O'Connor's performance, was that people might enjoy it for the wrong reasons: bigots could use his most troglodytic insults, or sexists could call their wives "dingbats," and claim they were just quoting Archie. Worse, they argued, he made his working-class antihero empathetic and therefore, they argued, made his beliefs attractive. Wrong. Archie Bunker spoke to a whole country engaged in a second American civil war, fighting bitterly in their own living rooms with people they loved nonetheless. If he was too unreconstructed to admire...
...their minds." Martin, 28, who suffers from a rare circulatory disorder that may cost him his right leg, could have chipped a tooth on the compassion of some of his peers but instead took the long view. "An institution like the PGA tour," he said, "before they just automatically knock down someone's desire for accommodation, now they might have to think twice...
...family. And despite what your friends from the Senior Gift are saying, none of us are in the family. From the major decisions (a new president, anyone?) to the minor, Harvard makes up its mind behind closed doors. All the rest of us can do is knock on those doors, cajoling, complaining and withholding donations until things...
...more earnest is Waldman's beliefnet.com, which opened in January 2000 and hosts more than 1.7 million visitors monthly. There, I can flip through religions as though leafing through a newspaper. I can pray for sick children or spouses of other visitors or (knock on wood) request they pray for me. Questions? I can "Ask the Rabbi," "Ask the Imam" or "Ask Father Ted." Formerly an editor at US News and World Report, Waldman noticed that religion covers always sold well, yet there were no mass-market religion magazines. Half of an interfaith marriage, he was also inspired by personal...