Word: lets
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...tell us what the grand arc of U.S. policy in South Asia should be. What they try to tell us is something about what life is like for the brave men who carry out that policy, one day at a time. If it's true that sometimes we've let ourselves lose sight of Afghanistan, then as a start, let's look here...
...subsidize homeownership? Let me count the ways. First, more than 80% of the mortgage loans made in the U.S. so far this year have been bought by the government-sponsored entities (GSEs) Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac and Ginnie Mae. That keeps the interest rates on those GSE-backed mortgages substantially lower than on mortgages that can be sold only on private markets, because taxpayers are on the hook for defaults on the former. That risk, long hypothetical, became reality as we got stuck with a $291 billion rescue bill for Fannie and Freddie in the fiscal year that ended...
...Let My People Go While Moses was a unifying presence during the founding era, a generation later he got dragged into the issue that most divided the country. The Israelites' escape from slavery was the dominant motif of slave spirituals, including "Turn Back Pharaoh's Army," "I Am Bound for the Promised Land" and the most famous, "Go Down, Moses," which was called the national anthem of slaves: "When Israel was in Egypt Land,/ Let my people go;/ Oppressed so hard they could not stand,/ Let my people go." (See pictures of colorful religious festivals...
...Let's start with the title of your book - what is a Whitopia, exactly? It seems to be more than just a place where a lot of white people live. Absolutely. A Whitopia has three things. First, it has posted more than 6% population growth since 2000. The second thing is that the majority of that growth - upwards of 90% - comes from white migrants. The third thing a Whitopia has is an ineffable social charm - a pleasant look and feel. (Read "A Brief History of the NAACP...
...another party. The Broadway producers of the musical Hair took a great financial loss this weekend by shuttering their production so that the entire cast could sing at the march. As the gloaming approached, it was a moving experience to hear tens of thousand of people sing the words "Let the sunshine in" along with the cast...