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...much bigger so fast; not just your hands and feet but your thoughts, temper, moods, doubts, and so all your relationships are vastly more complicated than in the days of playground tag. Melodrama comes so naturally: friendships dissolve into feuds, rivalries ripen, parents are useless, nothing goes according to plan, temptation is everywhere. These stories throw all that normal teenage drama into such high relief that the picture is suddenly clearer. The stakes in Edward and Bella's world really are life or death; if things go wrong, your heart could get broken - or your veins opened. Loyalty may require...
...part of a $275 billion stimulus package announced Oct. 30, Tokyo wants to pump households with about $600 for each family of four - a plan that has faced criticism for being insufficient and indecisive regarding who should receive the benefits. "Even if the voucher goes to the households, given the propensity of household consumption, the impact on overall GDP will be very limited," says Nishioka. Says Shirakawa: "People don't want to spend money, even if they get it from the government. Economic reforms are important, but the government needs to make people more comfortable and more confident in efficient...
More important than the battles between parties or among Democrats, though, are the disputes within the Republican Party. The nastiest fight has been over the program to restructure mortgages nationwide. On Oct. 30, staff from the Treasury Department met with staff from the FDIC to discuss a $50 billion plan to get banks to rewrite troubled loans to make them affordable for distressed homeowners. The FDIC side saw the Treasury's interest as a sign that the plan would be approved...
There are two versions of what happened next. One camp says Treasury Secretary Paulson then decided not to back the plan after all. Other sources on the Hill and elsewhere familiar with the debate say Paulson supported the plan, but the White House killed it. Democrats contend that the White House is clamping down on Paulson's previous willingness to do big, expensive interventions. The Treasury Department declined to comment, but the senior official dismissed the talk of White House-Treasury battles as "stupid." Paulson may get grilled on the fight over the FDIC mortgage plan during his appearance before...
...Whatever the problem, most teachers and administrators agree the status quo isn't working and that change can't come too soon. Announcing her plan last month, Rhee said, "Students cannot wait for accountable teachers while adults argue...