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...economy in this latest financial crisis. As the largest buyers of sub prime mortgages from 2004 to 2007, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac helped fuel the housing bubble and exacerbate the burst. The Bush Administration tried no fewer than 18 times, publicly and on the record, to push Congress to agree to reform these Government Sponsored Entities. And while Defense and Homeland Security spending has increased to face the perils of a post-9/11 world, the growth in non-security discretionary spending has been lowered to 1 percent, lower than inflation, and well below the 15 percent growth...
...down without a fight, and promptly dropped a three-pointer with only three minutes left on the clock to bring them within two possessions of a win, 74-70. Then with less than 50 seconds left, freshman Brogan Berry hit two critical free-throws for Harvard to push the Crimson lead to 76-70. The Huskies’ next possession yielded two points, once again bringing them within four. But with 31 seconds left, Northeastern fouled Emily Tay, who made both of her shots to put the game out of reach at its final score...
...received about twice as much as the Big Three are asking for? In both cases, awful management created the need for a bailout, but suddenly Congress is getting a conscience about spending our money? Yes, one might say that financial companies are more important, but letting automakers fail could push a bad recession into a depression. Jason Toney, Pittsburgh...
...getting better: "I don't often feel like working or doing something that's good for my brain, but I try to push myself to do it nonetheless, because, as with physical exercise, I always feel better when I've done it...I resent the effort it takes to maintain relationships or meet the tedious obligations that family and friendships can impose, and yet I know that isolation is very bad for me. I know that my happiness depends, in large part, on human contact and intimacy. And so, as with everything else, I do it and reap the reward...
Even those ministers who are uncomfortable about the way Christmas Day has been elbowed off the religious calendar have a strong incentive not to push back. "Denver is such a transient city that our lowest numbers are the Sundays before and after Christmas," says Hidalgo, noting that many of his members return to their hometowns for Christmas. "We do a Christmas Eve service that plays to the people in our neighborhood. It's one of the few times that we can really make a deep connection with them...