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...even greater scale, this amendment violates one of the basic foundational principles of our central banking system: Our economy hinges on the trust that we place in the Federal Reserve to look out for the best interests of the economy at large, independent of any political influence whatsoever. Through administrations that might be victim to political pressures of all types, the Federal Reserve does what is right for the stability of our economy, be it the case of former Chairman Paul Volcker’s raising of interest rates to historically high levels in order to cut inflation...
However, mail volume is decreasing and will continue to do so for the foreseeable future. Although privatization is not the remedy to this problem, it is appropriate for the USPS to scale back rather than to build up debt with unnecessary services and then to need to make massive cuts in the future. Furthermore, because the job losses due to cutting service on Saturdays will occur primarily through attrition via retirement and early retirement packages, they will not do the economy too great a disservice. Thus, the Postal Service should continue ahead with its well-researched plan to cut costs...
Meanwhile, the libraries have seen a series of small-scale reforms. A search box will be added to the library website homepage in the coming weeks, Lamberth said, a concern raised by students as part of the Implementation Group’s information-gathering...
...winning recipes were chosen by four judges, who—while chewing and nodding—graded the dishes in terms of creativity, taste, and presentation on a scale of one to five. Erin E. Walczewski and Luke Walczewski, both tutors in Kirkland House, were ultimately crowned "the top chef...
...think it’s important to support and show solidarity with the workers of this University,” Page said. “We need to advocate for those who tend to get hit the hardest—those at the bottom of the pay scale...