Word: minding
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...watch the Big Three bailout saga unfold in Washington from halfway around the world here in Hong Kong, a phrase comes to mind that used to be commonly heard in Asia: "Too big to fail." There was a time when politicians, bankers and bureaucrats in Asian countries thought that certain large enterprises were simply too important to go bankrupt, no matter how miserable their performance. The resulting unemployment would be unacceptable, the impact on the financial sector and economic growth too great. That, in effect, is the same argument being used today by supporters of a government rescue...
...willing to hand it to him, is something of a puzzler ... The Interior secretary has almost no national profile and the position is hardly one that an ambitious politician would aspire to. It's the perfect job for a politician who wants to live comfortably - and wouldn't mind being forgotten by the general public." -New York Observer...
That's because Vilsack - like Obama and his energy-and-environment team - has shown an especially deep interest in climate change. He wouldn't be the first devoted biofuels advocate to change his mind after recognizing they're making climate change worse, not to mention contributing to food insecurity here and food riots in the Third World. In fact, a climate-change task force Vilsack co-chaired for the Council on Foreign Relations recommended that "the United States phase out domestic subsidies for mature biofuels such as conventional corn-based ethanol." That wouldn't go over big in Iowa...
...school bureaucracy and belief in public education [Dec. 8]. But as a second-grade teacher, I am concerned about her obvious disdain for creativity in the classroom, warm learning environments and such important tools as classroom meetings. I am reminded of a quote by Aristotle: "Education of the mind without education of the heart is indeed no education at all." Perhaps the challenge in Washington is to find a superintendent who believes in both. Amy Trusso, Solana Beach, Calif...
...running mate last night that he was worried she wasn’t drinking enough. But as she waited with Schwartz to find out the results of this year’s student government elections, vice-presidential candidate Alneada D. Biggers ’10 appeared to have her mind on other concerns. “A hell of a ticket and a hell of a campaign,” Biggers said before the results came in. Other supporters, gathered in the Democracy Center on Mt. Auburn Street, shared similar ideas. “We love Ben and that?...