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...inside the salon. As I was walking in, a distinguished older woman named Peggy Simpson was rising from one of the chairs, with her white hair immaculately coiffed. "I was leaning toward McCain," she told me, "until he said the other day that the economy is good." She was referring to a remark the candidate made as the Wall Street crisis was deepening: "The fundamentals of our economy are still strong." McCain quickly revised his statement to refer to the diligence and productivity of U.S. workers, but from what I heard in Missouri, the original remark made a lasting impression...
...Labour would be probusiness, pro-enterprise, noninterventionist and keen to cosset the rich, believing their wealth would trickle down into the wider economy. Brown also led the way for Britain to put in place a new governance system for financial services that he and other politicians like to refer to as "light-touch" regulation (although bankers and regulators cringe at that phrase; they prefer to call it "appropriate" regulation). In June 2007, just days before he replaced Tony Blair as Prime Minister, Brown gave a rousing speech at the traditional black-tie dinner in Mansion House, the residence...
...more than one of the wild animals on campus. “I’m pretty sure there is more than one,” the California native said. “I think I’ve seen a bigger one and a smaller one. Nonetheless, people refer to any turkey they see as ‘The’ HBS turkey.” Fredrickson noted his disapproval of students who wanted to remove the turkey from the campus grounds, and expressed hope that turkeys would populate the Business School campus in future years...
...those within his party pushing for his ouster. In a heralded speech at Labour's annual meeting in Manchester on Sept. 23, Brown said the country's current financial turmoil--echoing credit-crisis woes in the U.S.--meant this was "no time for a novice." He went on to refer to Labour as a "rock of stability...
...refer you to the municipal elections that took place in early August. We relaxed the emergency rules to allow for normal election campaigning. We haven't heard any complaint from any of the candidates...