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...range and gradations within the system of thought are extensive. Assistant Professor of Government Eric A. Beerbohm says that “the term ‘libertarianism’ is increasingly an omnibus term. It’s grown increasingly beyond the [High-Churchman of Ayn Rand] and economics...
Living apart upends traditional notions of marriage, but researchers are beginning to suspect that it's not necessarily a bad thing. Studies show divorce in commuter marriages is no more frequent than in those where the couple is under the same roof. A large Rand Corp. study published last spring based on military personnel found that the longer the deployments, the higher the chance the marriage would stay together--in part because soldiers and their spouses cling to idealized memories of each other during their separations...
...right time (not only at the Fed: as a young man, he studied music alongside future saxophone great Stan Getz, learned statistics from the guy who devised the Index of Leading Economic Indicators and thought his first deep thoughts at the personal prodding of philosopher-novelist Ayn Rand...
...This was a triumph of sensible men working very, very hard to get a good understanding of how this process works and determined, despite the risks, to get it out into the public," says Brian Jenkins, a veteran counterterrorism expert at the RAND Corporation who was also a consultant on the report...
...then asked if anyone wanted to buy his house in Cape Town. When Zuma was sacked, the left-leaning weekly Mail & Guardian hailed his dismissal and described the battle between Zuma and his opponents as one "between yesterday and tomorrow." The business community is more muted, but the rand falls whenever Zuma's star rises and, asked what he makes of Zuma's economic policy, a prominent South African CEO sighs: "I don't think he has one." Zuma dismisses such critics. "The majority in this country have not seen anything wrong with Zuma," the candidate said in an interview...