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...spending spree to drum up support for his stimulus package (tentatively titled H.R. God, I Hope This Works) the rapture surrounding his anointment as Savior of America has been tempered by the emergence of a far less attractive mantra than Hope: Responsibility.That Pepsi has attempted to tie itself in recent months to the banner ideals of the former-Senator’s campaign, then, is both entirely logical and slightly confusing. While for decades the brand has touted itself as the “alternative” soda, the beverage of choice for whatever letter generation the day?...
...LIFE foundation award is just the most recent accolade for the Harvard Medical School graduate—Farmer received a “genius grant” from the MacArthur Foundation...
...You’re not the first person I ever tried to impress with my brilliant performance of not really being impressed with anything.” In “The First Person,” Ali Smith’s most recent anthology of short stories, she examines the link between her characters’ past and present, their imagination and reality. Wrapped in the familiar and seemingly plain events of day-to-day goings-on, Smith exposes deep insights into these aspects of the human experience. There are few fantastic or bold statements inside the stories...
...Indeed, much of Lieberman's support came from the most recent immigrants - the Russians, the Ethiopians, the refugees from Islamic persecution. For them, Lieberman's call for signed loyalty oaths by all Israelis, including Arabs, seemed an obvious requirement for citizenship. But there was also a cold fury among mainstream Israelis who had given Gaza back to the Palestinians only to find it ruled by Hamas, armed by Iran and lobbing missiles across the border on a daily basis. "We have to crush terror and eliminate Hamas," Lieberman said on election night, laying out his price for joining any coalition...
...final bill comprises about 35% in tax cuts and 65% in spending, including more than $150 billion for infrastructure projects. The conferees removed $68 billion in business tax cuts that would have let companies write off recent losses, and a home-buyers' credit of $15,000 was reduced to $8,000. A provision to help car buyers write off their interest payments was also reduced, to $2 billion from $11 billion. The bill does include a $70 billion annual Alternative Minimum Tax relief patch to prevent millions of middle-class Americans from getting penalized by a measure that was originally...