Word: speakes
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...public spotlight. Geithner, a Summers protégé, is smoother and more politically deft, able to work both for the Clinton team and alongside the Bush Administration. Summers, working from the White House, will most likely have Obama's ear, but it will be Geithner's job to speak to the markets, much as a horse whisperer might calm a jittery mare...
...brief remarks today, Obama also hinted that he might not raise taxes on the wealthiest Americans until 2011, perhaps waiting until the Bush tax cuts on top earners expire in 2010. He said he would speak tomorrow about the need to slice from the federal budget spending programs that are no longer needed to help pay for the stimulus. And he noted that he would be receiving daily briefings from his economic team about financial developments...
...full of second and third-graders chanted, “Assassinate Obama!” Right here in Massachusetts, an arsonist burned down an African-American church the day after Election Day. These reprehensible events illustrate the stubborn remnants of bigotry. Though these were isolated incidents, together they speak to broader and more resilient racial disharmony that still lingers in America...
Well Said. There's a new way to Google. If you've got an iPhone, download the Google Mobile App, which lets you speak your Google search terms at the beep - say, "nearest hospital" or "Pinkberry frozen yogurt" - instead of typing them in. Since the iPhone is GPS enabled, it will pinpoint your location and Google will return locally relevant search results...
...young activists during a break in today's proceedings, it was hard not to notice their disappointment. As the delegates' working groups presented their reports publicly, it quickly became clear that those supporting independence were still a small minority - about 20%, according to Thondop's own estimate. "People who speak for independence, there are not many," says Tsundu, whose red headband and fiery rhetoric has made him a minor celebrity among the activists here. He complained that the meeting itself was weighted toward the old guard, because most of the invitees were formally elected, not grass-roots leaders. "There...