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...Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke appears intent on avoiding such mistakes. He pledged during recent congressional testimony to "act in a timely manner as needed to support growth and provide adequate insurance against downside risks." And Fed actions speak louder than words: the 1.25 percentage point reduction in the overnight policy rate at the end of January was the most rapid cut by the U.S. central bank in recent history...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Fed Fights Back | 3/13/2008 | See Source »

...foundation of "tears, imprisonment, torture and blood." Hu's co-author, Teng Biao, was plucked from the street by four men in plainclothes and interrogated for 41 hours. "Before they let me out," a shaky Teng explained to TIME's Simon Elegant, "they told me I should 'speak as little as possible...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foul Play | 3/13/2008 | See Source »

Though both the faculty and student review committees have yet to release recommendations, the Ad Board has already seen one major change: the appointment of Evelynn M. Hammonds as dean of the College. Hammonds says that, as of now, she is not familiar enough with the Board to speak to its procedures and possible reforms. But with several exhaustive reviews and reports underway, there is little doubt that she will be acquainted with the Board before long...

Author: By Nicole G. White, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Tough Love | 3/12/2008 | See Source »

...with the Administration on most foreign policy issues, and the credibility which Admiral Fallon brought to the issues he was involved in will be sorely missed," said Senator Russ Feingold, a Wisconsin Democrat and member of the Foreign Relations Committee. "A military axiom is the need to speak truth to power," added Rep. Jane Harman, D-Calif., who chairs the House Homeland Security Committee's intelligence panel. "And it still seems that smart people who do, end their careers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Iran Dissent Cost Fallon His Job | 3/12/2008 | See Source »

Former White House Deputy Chief of Staff Karl C. Rove will be speaking at Harvard on April 4, according to members of the executive board of the Harvard Republican Club (HRC). The event, sponsored by the HRC, is slated to take place in the Winthrop Junior Common Room and to be open to all members of the Harvard community. “Someone with the type of political genius he has happens only once in a generation, and when we have the chance to bring someone like that here, it’s a great opportunity,” said...

Author: By Lauren D. Kiel, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Rove To Visit Harvard in April | 3/11/2008 | See Source »

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