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Robert R. Glauber, a visiting professor at Harvard Law School, explained that he was in favor of the current bailout package, because it would be “a rescue of individual, normal people, me and you, as much as a rescue of Wall Street...
...braking. Regenerative braking converts the kinetic energy of the moving car directly into electricity using a generator. The energy is never heat in the process. The brakes work the same way a power turbine does when it converts the kinetic energy of moving water into electricity at Hoover Dam. Normal car brakes do convert kinetic energy into heat. And hybrid cars do have a set of normal brakes for use when necessary. But the heat created that way is dispersed into the atmosphere, not converted into electricity. Dexter Ford, MANHATTAN BEACH, CALIF...
...Pelosi and House minority leader John Boehner wanted to unite their caucuses behind a bill they thought the country needed, they don't have the power of a Sam Rayburn or a Tom DeLay to ramrod their members into line. In fact, with dozens of Republicans facing stiffer-than-normal challenges this year and House Democrats enjoying a $40 million financial advantage, Boehner publicly refused to stiff-arm his backbenchers, and two-thirds of his caucus voted against the bill. And Pelosi, in a partisan speech, was not exactly a tower of political courage either, although if any Republican voted...
...middle of an economic crisis, such attacks may not pack their normal punch. In the TIME/CNN/Opinion Research poll, Obama led among independents, 55% to 42%, and had improved on John Kerry's 2004 showing among such key voting blocs as white men, white women and voters over 65. As for the voters of Arapahoe, the number that the Obama campaign might want to seal in amber is 21. That's the advantage Obama currently holds over McCain (59% to 38%) among voters making less than $50,000 a year. In 2004 lower-wage voters in Colorado split their votes evenly...
Instructional ball ends in two weeks, and after that normal life begins again. Haviland will try to get a job back east as he readies for spring in Kane County, Ill., where he expects to begin next season with Oakland’s full-season A affiliate...