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...that in my heart." Johnson insists that he's used to learning on the fly. "Throughout my Army career, I've been promoted and moved around a lot, and never had time to master one thing," says Johnson. "I've really focused on leading and managing on a strategic level. So I guess you can say I feel comfortable with a broad range of ignorance. But I'm a quick study...
...lowered prices. "In Los Angeles, one year ago, the median home price was $582,450; this September, it was $376,790," says Leslie Appleton-Young, chief economist for the California Association of Realtors. That may sound awful, particularly if you're the seller, but it may represent a clearance level - i.e., prices low enough to draw buyers - which the market needs in order to stabilize. Other helpful factors: banks are agreeing to short sales - i.e., selling below the mortgage amount - and renegotiating some mortgages. Still, foreclosures in the Los Angeles area are up 122% over last year, according to RealtyTrac...
...same level of prominence, but Jay Sekulow of the American Center for Law and Justice, who I mentioned. He gets a lot of credit - or blame, depending on where you're coming from - for how case law has changed on issues like separation of church and state. Of the people who you've mentioned, I'd say the one I've always enjoyed the most is Antonin Scalia. My second favorite over the years was Ed Meese, the attorney general under Ronald Reagan...
...some of Stevens' associates, there are signs of resignation. Longtime friend Jack Roderick (the two men once practiced law together in the '60s) sounded subdued when reached at his Anchorage home. "It's sad," he said. "It's just sad on a personal level." Roderick, however, defended his old friend's motivations. "No question he showed bad judgment to get associated with a guy like Bill Allen. He got sloppy," said Roderick. "But he didn't intentionally do any of this...
...face of the global financial crisis. The economy is highly dependent on exports, especially of electronics, to the U.S. and elsewhere. Taiwan's export orders grew only 2.8% in September from a year earlier, the slowest pace since 2002. The consumer confidence index in October dropped to the lowest level since monthly surveys were first conducted...