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...just say the evidence is mixed. There's lots of research showing that the economies of countries with vibrant financial sectors grow faster than those of countries without them. So banks and financial markets do enable prosperity. But as we emerge (we hope) from a deep economic downturn brought on by a banking and financial crisis, that's not enough of an answer. We need to know whether the financial sector's profits, and its paychecks, can leave the rest of us worse off. In other words, are bankers worth...
...difficult to overestimate Pakistan's continuing paranoia about India. Many commanders serving today cut their teeth during wars with India and remain convinced that the country is bent on destabilizing Pakistan and taking back all the disputed territory of Kashmir. That is why analysts like Nawaz say the only real solution to Pakistan's militancy is a regional détente with India. That, he says, would allow "Pakistan to divert resources - not just troops but monetary resources - to the civil sector for better governance...
...Government's costs here would primarily be the subsidies it gives low- and middle-income people to help pay their premiums.) Not surprisingly, that robust public option faces strong opposition from doctors and hospitals, who complain they are already underpaid by Medicare, as well as from insurance companies, who say they would not be able to compete. So while this version of the public option is House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's preferred one, she acknowledges she has yet to garner enough votes to pass it in the House...
...sequitur - studded English, cover such topics as how to identify a fruit's sugar content and how to do the surprisingly complicated math of balancing sugar (an antifreeze) and fat (the opposite): "You increase the fat content, but it freezes. So you need to compensate with sugar. You say, 'Maestro, not possible!' Yes, it is possible! I show...
...still looking for that game where I come into this media conference and say, ‘We really played a perfect game,’†Murphy said. “We’re solid on special teams, not perfect, very solid on defense, and pretty solid on offense. If you do those things and try to eliminate mistakes, we feel like we have a chance against anybody...