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...What impressed me about Paul was that he was very realistic about who he was. He knew the world of hyperbole and distortion he was in. That meant he maintained a certain amount of privacy. He was generous and a pillar of integrity. He was loyal and self-effacing. His commitment to his profession was serious, as was his commitment to social responsibility and especially to his family. He had a life that had real meaning and that will for some time...
...mind an unhappy precedent. Back in 1930, the Senate passed the Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act, which raised duties on some 20,000 imported goods. Historians define this as one of the critical steps that led to the Great Depression - a tipping point when the world realized that partisan self-interest had trumped global leadership on Capitol Hill...
...made of the fundamental reason for this huge bailout of the mortgage industry: The failed mission of the Republican Party from Reagan through McCain to deregulate America and to let the "market" prevail. It is now very clear that when the "markets" are allowed to operate willy-nilly, the self-interest of politicians indebted to lobbyists will prevail. It also does nothing to reassure the middle-class taxpayers that at least five of McCain's closest campaign advisers were lobbyists for these institutions until very recently. Jack Lee, Interlochen, Mich...
...Each doctor may carry one weapon for self-defense.' IRAQI GOVERNMENT, announcing in a statement that the nation's doctors may arm themselves amid increasing violence against health-care workers...
...Sounds Like...Tae Kwon Do Distressed by the recent increase in crime? Take these self defense lessons to become a competent practitioner, if not master, of Moo Doe. Thursday, Oct. 2 at 7:00 p.m. New England School of Oom Yung Doe, 576 Washington St., Brighton. Free. 2) Calling Indie Wannabes The Grammy-nominated rockers of Death Cab for Cutie will return to Boston after playing to a full house at the same venue back in 2006. Friday, Oct. 3 at 7:30 p.m. Agganis Arena, Boston University. $33.50. 3) Rock the Vote, Literally Politics is for hipsters! McCain watches...