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...Sarah is, in the end, a curious blend of Disneyesque prose ("Sarah Heath Palin is at heart a sister, a daughter, and the little girl who learned how to work hard, stand up for herself, and never tell a lie") and careful reporting about the veep candidate's early political life. Despite its often-flowery language, the book is a treasure trove for those hungry for more data on a public figure about whom little is known in the lower 48. No one will be able to close it without marveling at Palin's instant ascent to international fame. Keep...
...This January, he bought Countrywide Financial Corp. for $4 billion in stock, adding "largest mortgage provider" to Bank of America's list of bragging rights and saving Countrywide from possible bankruptcy. With that purchase, Lewis became a kind of quasi-savior on Wall Street - the man who helped you stand when you could no longer do it on your own. If everything goes smoothly, the Merrill Lynch & Co. purchase - which some analysts called "too good an opportunity" to pass up - will make Bank of America into the nation's largest brokerage firm as well, and help Lewis to save...
...senior captain Jon Garrity said. But due to the relatively windless conditions, only five races were sailed in each division throughout the weekend’s competition.“With only five races, it’s hard to get a very accurate reading on where people really stand,” Garrity said. The A-division boat of sophomore skipper Alan Palmer and senior crew Lauren Brants placed twelfth overall in their division, but their weekend was marked by steady improvement. After a disappointing 19th-place finish in the initial race, Palmer and Brants inched...
...check on executive power, and that earmarks are just a tiny sliver of the federal budget. As a moral matter, McCain's heresy on pork has made him all the right enemies, including shameless Republican porkers like Ted Stevens of Alaska; I was especially sympathetic to McCain's unpopular stand blaming the Minnesota bridge collapse on highway pork, because I took the same position. But as a political matter, McCain is on the wrong side of tens of thousands of popular goodies...
...ridiculous Mississippi flood-control project he's been trying to kill for years. He was right to do so, but Barack Obama's campaign pounded him for his Everglades votes when he visited the River of Grass this spring. And not too many voters noticed his admirable stand against the Mississippi project outside Mississippi, where it was considered a must-have before the Bush Administration killed...