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...moment, at least, taxpayers can relax about that imposing figure. Whether it's donor fatigue or anger that the Big Three to a large extent brought this upon themselves, there simply isn't the political will in Washington to pass a comprehensive rescue plan. When they returned to Congress last week to plead for help, the automakers asked for $34 billion in order to avoid bankruptcy. Most economists agree that if even one of the Big Three - Chrysler, General Motors or Ford - were to file for Chapter 11, it would have a potentially crippling cascade effect on the economy...
...President Bush will handle the initial appointments, and there is some hope that Obama and Bush can agree on a car czar). By March 31 of next year, Detroit will have to lay out a schedule for how and when they will repay the funds as well as plans for their long-term viability; they must also sell their corporate planes (in a terrible public relations fiasco the Big Three CEOs came to Washington on their jets to beg for public funds) and agree to tight executive compensation restrictions. In the interest of passing a bill quickly, Congress dropped many...
...other happy people.” He added that friends are often exposed to the same environment, including similar levels of crime, risk, and weather, and that those external variables could influence happiness more than a friend’s mood. In light of these criticisms, both research groups plan to continue probing into the field of happiness with future studies. “The whole point of science is that you want to capture a great idea but then retain healthy skepticism,” Fowler said...
...would prove able stewards of the Undergraduate Council.But while Schwartz and Biggers are not the only attractive choices, they are the best. Both have a remarkable record of service in the past. As Chair of the CEB, Ben Schwartz worked to increase the body’s relevance and plan successful large-scale events that generated unprecedented enthusiasm, like last year’s Yardfest. Alneada Biggers, on the other hand, brings an outsider’s perspective to the table. Having immersed herself in a wide range of Harvard activities, she offers an antidote to a UC that sometimes...
President-elect Barack Obama has chosen retired General Eric Shinseki, who voiced the first, lone dissent of the Bush Administration's cut-rate plan for the Iraq war, to head the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). The move shows Obama's deep concern for the needs of wounded veterans. More poignantly, it marks a comeback for an Army officer who was spurned by his superiors, then Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld and his deputy, Paul Wolfowitz, for warning that the war's post-invasion phase would require many more troops than the Pentagon believed...