Word: spectrum
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...committee does not recommend steps to pull the nation out of the recession, Poterba, Frankel, and committee member Robert E. Hall of Stanford said that policies should be aimed at creating a large stimulus to aid the ailing economy. “Many people are saying across the political spectrum that a good-old fashioned stimulus is what we need in the short term,” Frankel said. “I think it’s very important that [fiscal policies] be well targeted and well designed and do the minimum damage to the long-term fiscal health...
...once on the Internet, and in a way that’s awesome and allows you to see so much different stuff, but it can be overwhelming at times,” he says. “It’s kind of cool to have both the broad spectrum of what the Internet can offer you and also a simple, elegant way to view...
...Episcopal church, Diana Butler Bass, author of five books on American Protestantism and an adjunct professor at Virginia Theological Seminary, invites you to try hers. "Epiphany is a downtown Episcopal church with a congregation that is fifty-fifty white and black," she says, "and it has a full spectrum of social class diversity as well as a long history in Washington." Indeed, several members of Lincoln's Cabinet belonged to Epiphany, and it was also very active in supporting the civil rights movement in the 1960s. "It would be an interesting choice that appears to resonate with the new First...
...think tank run by Obama's transition chief, John Podesta - which has drafted a green-energy stimulus plan of its own. "We identified $50 billion in programs that are ready to go immediately," says Bracken Hendricks of CAP. "The package would create 2 million jobs across the skill spectrum, from blue collar to high tech, and in almost every area of the country. There was huge congressional appetite for this even before the economic crisis...
...think I’m the one who takes it to the bizarre end of the spectrum. I go to parties at peoples houses or bars after a lot of shows. I’ve seen some pretty crazy fan garb: T-shirts, even something bordering a shrine one time. Nothing too creepy, though...