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...preschool initiative sponsored by Schwarzenegger in 2002, mandate a program but fail to provide a source of funding. Each proposal alone might have merit, but collectively these ballot measures have locked most of California's budget in place. "Gradually, the voters' piecemeal decisions have bound the legislature in a straightjacket," says Thad Kousser, a professor of political science at UC San Diego...
...because of high commodity and energy prices. Even disregarding the Weimar Republic nightmares of the twenties, European bankers remember the dangers of stagflation in the late seventies, and the misallocating effects of irresponsible inflationary policies in continental Europe before the euro. After all, before being constrained by the ECB straightjacket, central bankers in countries like Italy gave in to politicians, expanding monetary policy and allowing growth in the short run. Overall, though, such policies only delayed needed reforms and stifled development...
...legal straightjacket took some of the heat off the Governor, there was plenty else to answer for. A day before his appearance in front of the committee, the Bank of England announced plans to pump $20 billion into the money markets, to help thaw the freeze on liquidity and push down the bloated rate banks are charging to lend one another cash. It also broadened the kind of collateral those banks could put up in return for accessing the central bank funds. In itself, that wasn't controversial - the European Central Bank and U.S. Federal Reserve have both pumped cheap...
...which could very well leave students with another lackluster and dispiriting general education system.One of the most prominent—and in our view the most important—features of the Task Force’s report was allowing well-qualified students to break out of the straightjacket imposed by the Core by substituting departmental classes for Core requirements. In place of the Core’s often absurd criteria for classes—for instance, it requires a final exam—the Task Force recommended a more flexible set of guidelines for vetting general education courses...
...glorious bloody mess of “Shooter” makes every other album track look like a bodyguard, a member of the faceless posse that accompanies any shining star. So why does the music video hold it back so grotesquely? Directed by Benny Boom, this expensive, cowardly straightjacket of a video turns the epileptic Lil’ Wayne and his soul-infused partner Robin Thicke (“he strapped”) into… a tenant in a yuppie apartment complex. In no way does this video fit the song. Where is the casual violence? The chaos...