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...bigger question looming over the FHA, though, is this: At what point does a federal housing agency start to pull back and force private players to resume responsibility for the loans they make? The FHA was founded in 1934 as a way to extend the prospect of homeownership to people who wouldn't otherwise be able to afford it. The agency's low down-payment requirement - itself the subject of some controversy - is designed to help deserving if underqualified people get a foothold in property ownership. The FHA was never meant to be the primary way America finances its home...
...poem collapses under the weight of its interminable references. The writing is always dense, but seldom beautiful. The polysyllabic scientific terms, forgotten place names, and global cultural figures with which Alexander litters his opus ensure that the poetry is characterized by mechanical coldness, not joy or pathos. At one point, the narrator describes himself as “stunningly wrought powerless by my sudden lexical commingling.” It is a moment of wonderfully unintentional irony...
...extent, to find a way out of their own minds. Lighting a bong or hitting the bottle, these students use conscious-altering substances to lubricate the transition from thought to work, a process possible when sober but sometimes easier while not. Some use the activity as a communal starting point, gathering around campus to drink or smoke before setting off to work. At other times, they sit alone with a bottle of wine or a well-rolled joint, pondering words and paint...
...first Gibbs declined to confirm the story. "I'm not at this point going to make any personnel announcements," he said. Just minutes later, however, after being told that the White House had circulated the news via e-mail, he confirmed Craig's departure. Gibbs maintained that Craig's decision to leave, which has been rumored for months, was not related to Craig's role in setting a one-year deadline for removing detainees from the Guantánamo Bay detention center, an ambitious deadline that is unlikely to be met. (Read a 2-min. bio of Robert Gibbs...
...been largely responsible for designing the Administration's approach to Asia, which is to focus on reassuring both long-term allies and China that the U.S. seeks increased cooperation in areas of shared interest. Kurt Campbell, a centrist Clinton White House and Pentagon official, will have the point position when it comes to briefing the President on upcoming meetings and issues during the trip. He and Bader have a good relationship. (See pictures behind the scenes with Hillary Clinton...