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...been stripped from the bank's ability to make money. More than half of all banks saw their net interest margin - a measure of profit - fall in the third quarter compared with a year ago, according to the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation. "After you pay your stockholders and employees, maintain your capital ratio and fund your growth, it gets pretty tight," says Mike Menzies, president and CEO of Easton Bank & Trust in Easton, Md. (See pictures of the recession...
...Schuster also said that when there is only one teacher per subject at a school, the opportunities for collaborative work among teachers are limited as well. Some full-time teachers are also asked to teach more than one subject or grade, making it difficult to hire and maintain qualified staff, especially because teaching multiple subjects requires multiple credentials...
...School Committee roundtable discussion last month, Acting Superintendent Carolyn L. Turk announced that, based on feedback from all community groups, the two most popular options for the district were to maintain the K-8 model or to adopt a hybrid...
...Benjamin Wittes, a Brookings scholar of legal standards in the war on terror, said that new President would be wise to maintain some leeway beyond the Army document. "The right answer here is not for the executive branch to have zero latitude in the highest stakes interrogations," Wittes said. "And you don't have to be Dick Cheney to believe that." In the past, members of the intelligence community have also argued for keeping some approved methods of interrogation classified, so as not to tip off enemies to what they might possibly face in the future...
...witnessing this...and the whole world knows and does virtually nothing.” At the end of his talk, the audience gave Lewis a lengthy standing ovation, and he stayed to answer questions. “You say you alternate between rage and despair. How do you maintain your sanity?” one audience member asked. “There are times when I feel: what in God’s name can be done?” Lewis responded. “But on the other hand the people are so astonishingly courageous and strong...That?...