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...regulatory structure built after the Great Depression was all about containing risk by sharply restricting what banks, thrifts, brokerage firms and other financial institutions were allowed to do. That worked well for several decades but proved incapable of withstanding the rise of inflation and global competition--not to mention deregulation proponents--in the 1970s. Since then, the priority among regulators and politicians has been to try to manage risk but to by all means avoid thwarting innovation. "I do not believe that government should stand in the way of innovation or turn back the clock to an older...
...most-watched comedy, according to Nielsen Media Research, with a 19% increase in third-season viewership from the previous season. Equally chest-inflating are the first-run numbers for “Californication,” the largest ever for a comedy on the network, not to mention another honor from the Hollywood Foreign Press for Duchovny last year. So what exactly accounts for the popularity of these shows?A 2007 press release by Robert Greenblatt, the premium channel’s president of entertainment, focuses in part on just this question. In describing the character of Hank Moody...
...though he discusses a range of issues, Obama is sure at every event to mention his plans for middle-class tax breaks, rewriting trade treaties and fixing the subprime crisis. Yet it is another message from the Obama camp that seems to be having a bigger impact these days: that his nomination is inevitable. "Support for Clinton from these Catholics is more pro forma than deep and Senator Obama can make some inroads, especially if these voters begin to suspect that it would be unlikely for Clinton to win the nomination," said Steve Schneck, a political science professor at Catholic...
...gaining All-American status for the event. Rathgeber improved on that placement this year, finishing sixth in the 200-yard IM with a time of 1:45.61, again receiving All-American honors and achieving his best performance at an NCAA championship meet. He also garnered an All-American honorable mention in the 400-yard IM, which he swam in 3:47.65 for an 11th-place finish. On the final day of the contest, Rathgeber competed in the 200-yard breaststroke, where he touched the wall in 1:59.08, finishing 24th in the preliminary round. Lynch and Jones also saw action...
...team won an unfathomable 21 of 22 games before being swept in the World Series (we'll gladly fail to mention the sweepers). Some skeptics still insist it's a fluke of nature - namely, the thin Coors Field air that plays tricks on other teams. Others have been converted, and believe that the Rockies should be a formidable foe over the long haul. The team did lose sparkplug second baseman Kaz Matsui to free agency, but outfielder Brad Hawpe won't be underrated for long. As long as the Coors Field humidor helps Colorado pitchers keep the ball from flying...