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...decision for a little bit. I thought it was important to step away from the political process. It’s really nice waking up in the morning and reading the paper and realizing that nobody is trying to kill you politically today. I’m a public servant at heart, but I haven’t made a final decision on whether being the governor is the best way to do that...

Author: By Evan T. R. Rosenman, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: In Interview, Coleman Says He Has ‘No Regrets’ About Election Recounts | 11/18/2009 | See Source »

...sheriff was looking into charges of conspiracy, contributing to the delinquency of a minor, false reporting to authorities and attempting to influence a public servant. "Needless to say, they put on a very good show for us and we bought it," sheriff Alderden said. The Heenes could face six years in prison and a $500,000 fine on each of two felony counts. In the meantime, we can thank all the people who tried to help a child they thought in trouble; and pity those children; and pity, especially, the next child who needs our help, if we pause...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: What Should Happen to Balloon Boy's Parents? | 10/19/2009 | See Source »

...painted in India. I say presumably because British artists painted the portraits in British style. The people portrayed in these works all wear British clothing. Probably because they’re British. Apart from a vaguely Indian script in the corner of one painting and a barely visible Indian servant in the background of another, there is no reference to India at all whatsoever in this section of the museum...

Author: By Silpa Kovvali | Title: Shirking Tradition | 9/22/2009 | See Source »

...what she wanted at Brain Break: “I would want them to bring in a servant to do my homework. I have 140 pages of reading to do for class...

Author: By Naveen N. Srivatsa | Title: New and Improved Brain Break®: Less New, Less Improved | 9/10/2009 | See Source »

...says it can recover $97.8 billion in "wasteful spending," partly through reductions in civil-servant-personnel costs and the upkeep of government offices, in order to realize its campaign promises over the next four years. Those promises include cash handouts to families with children, free high school education, free highways, a four-year freeze on consumption tax (now at 5%) and a curbing of bond issuances. The DPJ must deliver on its promises without increasing the level of deficit financing "to demonstrate that they're fiscally responsible," says Gerald Curtis, a Japanese-politics expert and professor at Columbia University...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Japan's Government: Five Ways to Fix the Economy | 9/1/2009 | See Source »

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