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...Just as President Bush brushed aside demands from his party's right wing in his recent nominations to the Supreme Court, the White House has chosen a similar path in relation to the Fed, selecting a relative moderate with a strong chance of winning confirmation. Key Democrats on the Senate Finance Committee, which must approve Bernanke's nomination, have already given his candidacy a cautious welcome. "We need a careful, non-ideological person who understands that the Federal Reserve's main job is to fight inflation, and Ben Bernanke seems to fit that bill," said Sen. Charles Schumer, who sits...
...many people, the path to closet mania starts innocently. Wanting extra space in their bedroom for exercise equipment or a home office, they go to a store or leaf through a catalog. But as soon as they see all the available goodies, the reorganizing bug spreads. "Every time we install a valet rod, they come back and want two or three more," says Kristina Ferrigan of Closets.com And once you've done one closet, how can you ignore the others...
...doesn't take long to find out who's king of the road in Freiburg. "Hey! Are you blind?" shouts an imperious cyclist as a pedestrian ambles into a dedicated cycle path. Bikes, trams and buses whiz through the center of this medieval city, but private cars are conspicuously absent. That's because for the past 20 years, this university town nestled in the Black Forest in southwestern Germany has reduced the use of cars by laying down a lattice of bike paths, introducing a flat-rate fare for all public transport, and expanding bus and tram lines. Commuters from...
...photographs, and sculptures drawn from Harvard collections spans most of Degas’ life. Iconic Degas images of ballet dancers and women bathing are paired with informal portraits of Degas’ family members and an abstract landscape he painted late in his career.Wolohojian did not suggest a specific path viewers should take through the three modest-sized rooms of the exhibit; navigating the gallery chronologically or thematically is not necessary. What is important is that viewers appreciate Degas’ artistic fusion—the way images and techniques in his work recur, evolve, and interact.The exhibit, Wolohojian explains...
...physical impact of the rape, McNamara/Troy’s other partner, Dr. Sean McNamara is learning to reconcile with his impending divorce from Julia (Joely Richardson) and a strained, violent relationship with his possible gender-bending son Matt (John Hensley) that’s leading him to a path of self-mutilation...