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...bank, but the whole financial system. If Wachovia failed to open, or did open but blocked depositors from continuing the run on cash that had begun the previous Friday, panic could have spread to other banks, big and small. The crisis could have become a financial catastrophe in a matter of hours...
...experience of non-whites was any different—just a bald assertion. Responding to the concern that affirmative action is reverse racism, the same writer lightly dismisses the concern by likening the situation to a see-saw. Another author, incidentally a member of the selection committee, states matter-of-factly that, in America, “black males [are] seen as criminals...
...lots of different tastes and consistencies for the mouth and mind to play with. So too a book. THC: Why do you think Americans so strongly desire to categorize novels? JC: I don’t think it’s just novels. Categorizing things makes life easier, no matter what it is you’re dealing with. The problem with doing it is you lose out on some wonderful things that slip between the cracks. When I was first published in Germany, the publisher released my books in something called their “Fantastic Library...
Obama certainly seems to see it that way. "The fact of the matter is, people have been continually looking for how race will impact this campaign," he recently told a television interviewer. With only a month to go and his support surging in Virginia - the capital of the old Confederacy - the impact appears to be minimal, Obama said...
Sarah Palin promises to focus on energy independence if she becomes vice president, a mission she claims to be uniquely qualified for as governor of an oil and gas-producing state. "We must get there," the GOP nominee said September 18 on Fox News. "It is a matter of national security and our future prosperity...