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Social Security has always been an issue that united the Democrats like no other. But suddenly, the most successful and popular government program in history is a subject of fractious debate in their party's presidential primary. Barack Obama suggests that Hillary Clinton is refusing to engage in "a real, honest conversation" about the challenges that lie ahead for the program. And Clinton is accusing Obama of buying into "Republican scare tactics...
Strether, the protagonist, says the product is “vulgar” and has become the subject of much controversy in the late 19th century...
...Florence, Italy, the company thrived for decades as a watch-repair shop and mail-order catalog. In 1936, already the official supplier to the Italian navy for precision instruments like mechanical calculators and compasses, Panerai created a prototype watch able to withstand the extreme conditions naval usage would subject it to. In 1938, the Radiomir, so named for the radium-based substance used to illuminate the dial, went into production exclusively for the Italian navy. It boasted a 47-mm diameter?practical for distinguishing numerals while diving in murky waters. Between that time and 1993, only 300 Panerai watches were...
...real threat to safety.There was, perhaps, one poignant criticism of Spitzer’s newest proposal. This past Friday in the chamber, Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver posed the question, “Why would an undocumented immigrant obtain a special license, especially if it means they will be more subject to raids and deportation?”There is sufficient reason to believe that this would not have been a concern. Under current law, if an undocumented immigrant gets into a traffic accident with no license and no insurance, he or she is immediately prosecuted at the federal level. Undocumented...
...play, as will be the case tomorrow. It’s the year in which Harvard erased a 16-point deficit in 42 seconds and beat Yale by a 29-29 score, a comeback that was rivaled only two years ago, the last time we were all forced to subject ourselves to the dark depths of New Haven.All you Yalies still remember that one, don’t you? If not, here’s the basic equation: An 18-point Bulldog lead plus a huge fourth-quarter collapse by Yale plus three overtimes equals the greatest comeback...