Word: short
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...shortchanged in the schedule, man. It's a great lesson for me that I'll never do a Broadway show unless we test it out of town and have at least four weeks of previewing. I only had 10 days to preview and I kinda felt it was short. I asked around and everybody was like, 'No you'll be fine. You'll be fine.' And I was like, 'Are you sure?' You gotta look out for yourself because nobody else is looking out for you. It's a huge lesson that I have to keep relearning...
What is certain is that no matter the long-term viability of the corporate credit union model as it currently exists, the NCUA is banking on retail credit unions having a short-term interest in preserving the system through such a trying time. The way the liquidity injection is structured, it is up to the retail credit unions to funnel money into the corporates. In explaining the program, NCUA chairman Michael Fryzel has been quick to point out that retail credit unions have a "vested interest" in their corporate brethren. Let's hope they do, to the tune of billions...
...curve: Men with the lowest levels of the vitamin in their blood lowered their prostate cancer risk when they took supplements, but those with normal levels did not enjoy the same reduction when they boosted their level of vitamin E through supplementation. "We don't want to be in short supply of vitamins that we need," says Nelson, "but over supplementation may not have great benefits...
Jamaica Kincaid, world-renowned author of short stories, novels and essays, has finally returned to Harvard after a recent sabbatical. Back as a visiting lecturer, Kincaid dishes on plant collecting, the future of British journalists, and how to write—and live—well.1. FM: What’s your writing process? Do you sit down at your desk, and know exactly where your story will take you?JK: I sit down at my desk and I know it will be difficult in this way and difficult in that way. Every book has a different process. You think...
Feldman made the “Politics and current affairs” list for his book “The Fall and Rise of the Islamic State,” a study of the widespread popularity of Islamic government among Muslims that The Economist called “short, incisive, and elegant...