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...does the foie gras issue strike such a chord...
Clearly a student of the history of momentum in politics, Geithner decided to strike while the iron was hot. He and hapless Fed chairman Ben Bernanke went before Congress. Geithner, who was supposed to be unemployed last week, aimed high. He asked that Treasury to be given the power to essentially liquidate large non-bank financial institutions. The department would have the ability to seize a company like AIG, sell its assets, and manage its business to do as little harm to the global financial system as possible. All of this would be accomplished using taxpayer money, but there...
...modeled on the El Vino wine bar, www.elvino.co.uk, at the bottom of Fetter Lane, off Fleet Street (although there are four other branches). The bar in fact boasts a distinguished wine list - absolutely no "cooking claret" - and traditional food such as steak-and-kidney pie. Flashes of inspiration occasionally strike Rumpole in these convivial surroundings, but more often than not he returns home to Gloucester Road and discusses the mysteries of his current case with Hilda, who naturally solves them for him - or at very least a subplot. Cue theme, roll titles...
...National Chamber of Cargo Transporters, said the U.S. ban on Mexican trucks shows that the White House is better at supporting its own industries. "The U.S. government is defending its people, closing the border to Mexican transport, while here we have to turn to drastic measures like a strike to get the ear of our government," Torres told Mexican reporters...
...When [Brown is] on the mound, it’s like total domination,” Vertovez said. “You just have the feeling that she’s going to strike girls out and it’s just something the entire team feeds off of. Even though she’s a freshman, she doesn’t act like it—she just commands the other team she plays...