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...grown increasingly unclear in the past week whether Bernanke—whose term as Federal Reserve chairman expires Sunday—can garner the needed 60 votes in the Senate to be reconfirmed...
Decker, who won her sixth term as a write-in candidate in November after missing the deadline to turn in nomination signatures, said she would focus on improving public education, affordable housing, and employment opportunities as State Senator...
...hand and cause destruction with the other—an unfortunate pattern in Haiti’s past. Now, while we have the world’s attention and the news cameras still covering the story, we must collaborate and advocate such plans for Haiti’s long-term progress. E-meetings, e-mail lists, social networking websites, and Twitter are just a few examples of the types of technology we can use to connect with each other over great distances to combine our ideas. These efforts will help establish the bases of partnerships for reconstruction...
...actually a reasonable question. Bernanke was TIME's Person of the Year 2009, and at the time we urged Congress to put politics aside and confirm him to a second term as Federal Reserve chairman. Much of the opposition that's been building lately to Bernanke's confirmation consists of Republicans who want to obstruct anything President Obama wants and Democrats who want to obstruct anything Wall Street wants. But while Bernanke performed brilliantly during the worst financial panic in 75 years, it's fair to ask why he isn't doing more now to fight unemployment (the left...
Although rumors of elBulli's closing have circulated for years, the news still came as a mild earthquake in culinary circles. Frequently referred to as the founder of molecular gastronomy - a term the chef himself reviles - Adrià and his team have revolutionized modern cuisine with their constant search for new techniques and ingredients. In their hands, olive oil has been "spherified" until it takes on the shape and texture of caviar, and Gorgonzola cheese has been transformed with liquid nitrogen into a frozen globe that looked like nothing so much as a dinosaur egg. Dinner at elBulli, which consists...