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Before the recent financial collapse changed the paradigm, banking was, above all other things, safe. It presented an almost guaranteed path to respectability. While many professions such as acting, journalism, or academia offer considerable prizes at the top but little along the rest of the spectrum, banking promises to reward...
McCain, John •efforts to extricate self from debate of •50th reunion of Naval Academy class he finished fifth from the bottom in attended by •makes grandiose announcement of suspension of campaign, though all aspects of campaign aside from his personal appearances continue unabated •says he has...
The decision ends an unusual and high-risk personal effort by McCain to participate in negotiations between the two branches - though it is still unclear whether a deal is imminent or what difference McCain's involvement has made.
And sometimes they cite personal experience. As a new freshman last September, Jeremiah Taylor accompanied his white roommate to a fraternity party where he was the only African American in attendance. He says a partygoer, noticing him, commented, "Oh my God, I can't believe there's a nigger here...
People like a President who seems to share their passions, tastes and grievances, so McCain probably struck a chord with his obvious loathing of the "Wall Street tycoons" and backroom Washington dealmakers he holds responsible for this mess. It's his nature to see problems in terms of personal culpability...