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...helped breathe life into the comatose housing sector and that its extension is critical. "Failure to act now could derail the fragile housing recovery even before it has time to take root, " said Jerry Howard, president and chief executive of the National Association of Home Builders, in a recent statement. (See six year-end tax tips...
...specific plans I have laid out for our future - not on a decades-old academic paper I wrote as a student during the Reagan era and haven't thought about in years. Like everybody, my views on many issues have changed as I have gotten older." - In a public statement that ran in several newspapers in August, in response to the Post's story on his controversial thesis attacking feminists, homosexuals and unmarried couples he wrote as a 34-year-old student at Regent University...
...always been the staunch resistance of politically potent Cuban-American voters. But the newest bill, the freedom to travel to Cuba act, introduced this year in both the House and Senate, suddenly has Cuban-American backing - and as a result a decidedly better chance of passing. In a recent statement, Indiana Senator Richard Lugar, a Republican and co-sponsor, called this "a very good time for public diplomacy with Cuba."(See a photoessay about the fading sound of Salsa in Cuba...
Reid's comments were such a departure from the official line that, as soon as reports of them began appearing, his office issued a statement attempting to take the edge off of them. "Our goals remain unchanged. We want to get health insurance reform done this year, and we have unprecedented momentum to achieve that," Reid spokesman Jim Manley said. "There is no reason why we can't have a transparent and thorough debate in the Senate and still send a bill to the President by Christmas...
...visited Mumbai last week, he too expressed his concern at the situation. "The Jai Ho trustees have been unstintingly generous with their time and expertise ... we hope that their ongoing efforts will help to ensure a happy and stable future for our two young stars," he said in a statement. "For that to happen, the children's families will, however, need to honor their part of the bargain, and we are disappointed that Azhar and Rubina's school attendance remains patchy...