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...editing of that book, I had decided that I had to write a second book and address the issues pertaining to women. So I put that idea on the back burner and just kind of let it simmer. I went to Afghanistan in the spring of 2003, and I met with people who worked for nongovernmental organizations, people who worked as policemen, women who were working as teachers, and I basically just listened to their stories. The purpose of the visit was to educate myself. I really wasn't thinking at all about researching a book. But I came home...
When President-elect Barack Obama met with America's governors earlier this week, he got an earful about the recession-induced budget crisis they face. On Thursday those words of woe were backed up by a fresh report on the rapidly deteriorating condition of state finances. Revenues are dropping so fast that state budget cutters can't keep up, according to a report released by the National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL). States that collectively cut $40 billion in spending to balance their budgets over the summer are now facing an additional $32 billion shortfall as tax receipts come...
...states struggle with budget shortfalls, their attention is sure to remain focused on what help the Federal Government might lend. When the governors met with Obama, they pressed him to pump money into state economies - including funding projects to build schools, bridges and other sorts of public works - and found a receptive ear. "To solve this crisis and to ease the burden on our states, we're going to need action and we're going to need action swiftly," Obama said in a speech at the meeting. "This Administration does not intend to delay in getting you the help that...
...Friends”) and still have a backbeat. Artists need not be self-consciously serious to be serious. DFA artist Hercules and Love Affair, one of the forerunners of this new set of innovators, is another exemplar of this new, layered dance music. Their eponymously titled debut album has met with both critical and limited commercial acclaim. It is clear then that people are more comfortable with the intersection of divergent styles than ever before, if signaled by nothing else than the sizable crowd for Girl Talk this past weekend at notoriously conservative Harvard. Given this comfort, the question...
...Three's claims that they would not have to come back for more money soon was met with great skepticism from both the lawmakers and an economist testifying side by side with the CEOs, Mark Zandi of Moody's Economy.com. Given declining vehicle sales and market share and the amount of profit they make per car - about $4,000 less than Toyota, for example - Zandi said he expects the Big Three would survive only until fall 2009 before they would be forced to return to Washington to beg for more money. "I'm skeptical, doubtful that it's going...