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...Democrats have kept trying to revive that hope: with Teddy Kennedy in 1980, Gary Hart in 1984, even Bill Bradley in 2000 - each a bold challenger of the party establishment, each of whom failed to displace the heirs (Carter, Mondale, Gore) of the same stolid establishment forces that stood in Bobby's way in 1968. Finishing Bobby's work is the most gripping and compelling task for today's Democratic Party...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In 2008 It's Ronald Reagan vs. Bobby Kennedy | 3/29/2007 | See Source »

Federal regulators stood by while this went on, but don't blame Munnell's study or the desire to encourage lending to minorities. "The point of that study was never to say, 'Let's go out and lend to people who aren't going to be able to carry the debt,'" Munnell argues. Sure enough, federally supervised banks and S&Ls and mortgage buyers Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac seem to have avoided big hits...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Subprime's Silver Lining | 3/22/2007 | See Source »

...have been struggling with this for weeks. I have listened to my friends joke about it and rail against it while I stood by silently with my secret. Today, though, I am coming out of the closet. My name is Nathaniel, I’m a freshman, and I want to be Quadded...

Author: By David L. Golding, Jillian J. Goodman, Emma M. Lind, Kyle L. K. Mcauley, and Nathaniel S. Rakich | Title: Playing House | 3/21/2007 | See Source »

...most part, the founders of Giuliani Partners were as New York as breakfast at Barney Greengrass. One man stood out: Roy Bailey. He wasn't part of the city's revival or linked to its gutsy endurance. Bailey was a Texan, a Republican moneyman and a former finance chairman of the Texas G.O.P. and was therefore intimately familiar with the inner workings and deep pockets of the most awesome fund-raising operation in political history, the Bush network...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why Is Rudy Smiling? | 3/21/2007 | See Source »

...humor in the play was so accessible, it was hard to condemn. In one scene, an actress, turned with her back to the audience, stood behind a placard reading “has a nice ass” and shook, well...

Author: By Daniel B. Howell, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: ARTSMONDAY: 'Umbrellas' Covers Surrealism With Comic Veneer | 3/18/2007 | See Source »

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