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...outskirts of the housing-crisis debate, got a boost last week when the federal housing agency Fannie Mae said it would start offering leases of up to 12 months when other avenues to keeping families in their homes, like loan modification, dead-end. "It's a big step forward," says Dean Baker, co-director of the Center for Economic and Policy Research and a longtime proponent of rent-back programs...
...their mission is exciting and worthwhile.“People who are working in the interest of the promoting of awesome in the universe are often neglected and do not get the support they should,” said Hwang. “We hope this is one small step in spreading the awesome...
...Claire’s] got the talent that it takes [and the] hard work that it takes,” Chenoweth said. “She’s shown that she can step up. [This weekend] it’s going to take strong performances from all the girls, and I think we’ll see that happen...
...leaders not only to oppose continuing E.U. integration if their party wins next year's general elections in Britain, but also to wrest back political and economic powers previously ceded to Brussels. The pledges by Conservative leader David Cameron came at the very moment E.U. integration took a huge step forward with the final ratification of the Lisbon Treaty earlier this month. (See pictures of French President Nicolas Sarkozy in London...
...dodge once the Guardian noted that the interview had been conducted in English). Still later, Lellouche, who is perfectly fluent in English, explained that he had used terms like "autism" and "pathetic" in a flippant, colloquial French manner. By the end of last week, however, Lellouche took a significant step back, calling himself "the most Anglophile politician" in France and saying that he respects British sensibilities on Europe...