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Joseph S. Nye Jr., an international relations scholar at the Kennedy School and the moderator of the event, asked the panelists—Kennedy School professors Graham T. Allison, Linda J. Bilmes, Tad J. Oelstrom, Sarah Sewall, and former Rep. Clay Shaw (D-Fla.)—how many troops they each expected the next president to inherit in Iraq. None estimated that there would be fewer than 80,000 on active duty...
...exclusive golf courses. And that's exactly the point of Top-Flite's edgy new commercials. Anchored by wry ESPN personality Kenny Mayne, the segments are designed to get the competitive juices going and the fairways buzzing again about the struggling company's balls-- golf balls, to be a tad more specific...
...suits, but something that protects us from rays coming through. Something that provides its own environment, like a second skin." Or a space suit. He also predicted "some kind of glasses that protect from the sun's rays." I didn't want to say anything, but sunglasses seemed a tad disappointing as 2107 invention...
...though, it's history. With each new market minipanic this year, interest rates have gone up a tad, lending standards have gotten a little tighter, and the easy-money era has receded further. Rates are still low by historic standards, and some kinds of loans are still cheaper than they were last summer. But the economy was growing at more than 3% then. This year it has sputtered. Interest rates are supposed to sink when that happens. They haven...
...First, the press likes Bloomberg himself - he's one of us (just a tad richer), having earned his fortune running his eponymous media company -and many of the biggest players in New York and Washington media circles are chummy with the dinner-party-charming Mayor...