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...music. The result was the best musical of the season, a work richer in music and deeper in resonance than either The Producers or The Full Monty. Though its Broadway-run ended after it failed to garner any Tony’s, it is survived by a top-notch cast album that I cannot recommend highly enough...
...course, in any bureaucracy--any democracy--there are competing ideas and different ways of doing things. That's healthy. It's not the end of the world if one of Washington's players is taken down a notch or two. But Powell and the office he holds are different. His stellar career, inspiring personal history and reputation for integrity have endowed him with a unique moral stature. Americans--and the rest of the world--want to see him use that to great ends. From the start, his presence at Bush's side conferred an extra legitimacy on an untried President...
...course, in any bureaucracy?any democracy?there are competing ideas and different ways of doing things. That's healthy. It's not the end of the world if one of Washington's players is taken down a notch or two. But Powell and the office he holds are different. His stellar career, inspiring personal history and reputation for integrity have endowed him with a unique moral stature. Americans?and the rest of the world?want to see him use that to great ends. From the start, his presence at Bush's side conferred an extra legitimacy on an untried President...
...goes the widespread expectation, thinks it will take another quarter-point cut, bringing the Fed funds rate down one more notch to 3.5 percent. That?s seven cuts, for a full 3 points of easing, since January...
...good news is that Alan Greenspan, if he?s so inclined, should have absolutely no reservations about cutting short-term interest rates August 21 when the Fed meets again, and his seventh cut of the year should bring the Fed funds rate down another quarter-point notch to 3.5 percent, or - if he wants to scare us - 3.25 percent. The bad news - and this is the least certain, mind you, of the bad news we got this week - is that some folks are starting to make noises about? DEFLATION...