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...served Wilson well. His first term saw the passage of groundbreaking measures (including the creation of the Federal Reserve) designed to stabilize and equalize a volatile national economy. Indeed, Wilson faced a country whose rage over Wall Street corruption and plutocratic greed makes current class-based grumbling look decidedly mild. Wilson managed to survive the political storm and win re-election by forging a judicious path between laissez-faire and socialism. What's more, he did it in an era when "socialism" was a genuine grass-roots movement rather than an empty political charge...
...kill themselves will probably get violent, ugly things could happen in the swing states tonight, and bitter Obamacans across the nation will leave America even more polarized at a time when the country desperately needs to stick together to pull through. And just for that, I see why politically mild Canada would seem so appealing...
...much of this year, New York City has largely avoided the economic downturn that has hit a good portion of the rest of the country. Unemployment is still a mild 5.8%, compared with 6.1% nationally. That's because many of the problems the U.S. economy has run into - plunging housing prices, rising foreclosures, shrinking auto industry jobs - are mostly absent in New York City...
...terms of form, “Microcastle” sheds both the pretension of “Cryptograms” and the monotony of the band’s last release, the EP “Fluorescent Grey.” The album is a mild, atmospheric, and irresistibly catchy progression of dreamy, post-shoegaze pop, anchored in conventional rock structures and traditions. The waltzing, operatic opener, “Cover Me (Slowly),” only drifts in its guitar-effect cloud for a little over a minute before snapping into the more mechanical “Agoraphobia...
...need more proof of Stevens' power, just look at Sarah Palin's mild response to the verdict. She hasn't been shy in the past about calling on tainted politicians to step down; she won the governor's race by running loudly against the corrupt old-boys' network. With Stevens, she was more circumspect. It was a "sad day for Alaska," she said in a statement, adding that the verdict was a reflection of "the culture of corruption I was elected to fight." She cryptically ended with the hope that Stevens "will do what is right for the people...