Word: pointedness
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Another such problematic comment came in 2004, when he pointed out that many borrowers could save money by taking out adjustable-rate mortgages (ARMS). Many borrowers did save money with ARMs, and the idea that a few words from Greenspan at a credit-union meeting persuaded millions of others to...
You might be asking, what’s the big deal? Yes, Crusader officials finally did get someone to unlock the locker room, but it wasn’t over then. Once the door was open, it became abundantly clear that there was no way that the whole team would...
Under pressure from a group of female professors concerned about gender and racial prejudice, the University of California has rescinded a speaking invitation to former Harvard president Lawrence H. Summers. The decision drew criticism from allies of Summers as well as some of his onetime opponents in the Faculty of...
In Germany too, an opposition leader has pointed out that the case was in fact broken without any extraordinary eavesdropping powers. Much of the sleuthing, after the first break in the case, was done the old-fashioned way - via in-person, on-the-ground surveillance. Off and on during the...
Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2001, marked the halfway point of the 25th Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF). Screenings continued through midday, then were canceled to allow the public and the critics, many of them from the U.S., to mourn the deaths and digest the meaning of that day. In every year...