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...acknowledges that "there were too many folks here who were totally irresponsible as buyers and shouldn't be able to take advantage of this process." He agrees, for example, with a stipulation in the new bill that defaulting homeowners who get bailed out must return all or a significant portion of any profit they make on the subsequent sale of their house to the federal government. But he also stresses that one of the things he hopes the city can do with the federal aid is reform the reckless culture of home-buying by setting up tools like lender databases...
Preserving that world was probably on Jeffs' mind when he decided in 2003 to move a large portion of his flock to the scrublands of West Texas. He perhaps imagined that on 1,300 acres of dusty ranchland behind barbed-wire fences and iron gates, his community would enjoy the fabled live-and-let-live world of the American frontier. After all, this was a wide-open land where good neighbors were neighborly but not nosy, where a man could turn a page and start anew with few questions raised about his past. "They thought they were safe behind those...
...traveling the empire to cultivate alliances, particularly with the Greeks. Through iconography, he cast himself as the protector of Greek culture, which still held sway throughout the eastern Mediterranean and beyond: an imposing statue of Hadrian in military regalia shows him trampling a barbarian - powerful imagery in the Greek portion of the empire, which had been traumatized by rebellion. His breastplate further emphasizes the Greco-Roman union, displaying the Greek goddess Athena standing upon a she-wolf that was a symbol of Rome...
When it comes to savings, workers want new resources to weather unforeseen income interruptions, especially in an increasingly volatile economy. A nonprofit in Boston is encouraging low-income workers to invest a portion of their tax refunds in savings bonds. Its average bond purchaser's profile is that of a single working mother with an income under $21,000, acquiring the bond for her children--a powerful testament to the idea that working people will make responsible choices if given the right opportunities. On the health-care front, a New York--based organization is developing ways for independent workers...
Crista Martin, director for marketing and communications for Harvard University Dining Services, said that Crimson Cash would still be accessed through the swipe portion of HUID cards in residential dining halls and retail locations such as The Greenhouse Caf?...