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...solve these problems? I think the first thing is to become much more indignant about these cultural values and sexist imagery. Men should be indignant about it too - and many men are. Women have a lot of work to do yet around pay equity, day care, paid maternity leave, sexual harassment, violence against women. [There's] a whole host of issues that are still the unfinished business of our movement...
...terms of F1 economics, however - and this is especially true for the newest hosts - it doesn't matter if none of F1's race promoters comes close to covering costs. The shortfall is increasingly paid for by governments who view television coverage as a giant TV commercial for their city or country. Singapore hosts a spectacular nighttime race on city streets beneath twinkling lights. In 2008, its first year, the race took in $51 million, but cost $100 million, according to Formula Money. That's O.K. with Singapore. The government kicked in $60 million, leaving the local promoter with...
Like home mortgages, much of the debt never has to be paid down. Half of the debt of trillions of dollars is owed by the federal government to itself, and a quarter more is owed to the American public. Because of the unique role of the dollar as the global reserve currency, the debt the government owes itself can simply be rolled over endlessly. Only the interest payments are a must. As long as the dollar remains central to the global system - and there is little chance of that changing in the next decade - the U.S. will have the latitude...
...high and romantic prospects even higher, the successful bidders had a lot to look forward to. Lin, one of the star auctionees of the show who went for a second-lowest $69, gave a tantalizing glimpse of what lay in store for that romantic dinner: “I paid for a girl’s meal at Qdoba once. We had a two-for-one coupon...
...fact that the Democratic establishment has locked arms around its 80-year-old convert. After Specter became a Democrat, he spent the next few months wooing party officials in all 67 Pennsylvania counties and reminding them of all the federal dollars he had brought home over the years. It paid off. The state Democratic committee endorsed him in February with an overwhelming 229-72 vote. "I have been involved in many, many elections but never one quite as thrilling as this one," Specter said as he accepted the party's benediction. "I feel good about being a Democrat and being...