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...Further, there is currently a crisis of confidence in the banking world. Because of the uncertainty surrounding the future of asset values and the prices of complicated derivatives like mortgage-based securities, banks are hoarding money. They lack the confidence even to lend to one another. Reducing mortgage principal addresses both of those problems directly. By stabilizing the mortgage markets, much of the uncertainty will vanish. Banks' balance sheets could stabilize. And confidence may very well return...
...definitions. Wrap v. sandwich called into question an entire culinary history as well as our own personal histories. We all have a favorite sandwich or a childhood memory at stake in the outcome. If a quesadilla can be considered a sandwich, what would that mean for our memories? My lack of closure stemmed from the fact that knowing the definition didn’t compare to the satisfaction of biting into a juicy pastrami on rye. I spoke to everyone I knew to recover the charm missing from Oxford’s “sandwich...
...betrayals, emotions and loyalties of this family, making no attempt to moralize or embellish. “The Secret of the Grain” exudes a rare genuineness that allows it to offer a fresh take on perhaps the most depicted subject in the arts: love. The tale lacks sensational dialogue, a rapidly moving plot, and easily recognizable actors. There is also a noticeable lack of interference on the part of Kechiche; the movie does not have a dramatic soundtrack, for instance, that would attempt to evoke specific reactions and emotions in the audience. These subtle directorial choices might fail...
...explained the value of sharing and communicating an emotional connection with music instead of teaching and learning notes in a strict one-way fashion.After closing with a call for global empathy, he even provided career advice for Harvard students who are passionate about the arts but fear they lack the intrinsic talent to make it in the art world: “I think the important thing is to never lose your passion,” Ma explained. “It’s a rare gift to have one, and every profession is competitive—keep doing...
...racked with hunger and traumatized by a long history of colonial abuse, postcolonial kleptocracy and plunder. In the past 10 years alone, millions have died here, and more die each day as a result of the conflict. Most die not from war wounds but from starvation or disease. A lack of infrastructure means there is little medical care in the cities and none in rural communities, so any infection can be a death sentence. The most vulnerable suffer the worst. One in five children in Congo will die before reaching the age of 5 - and will...