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...months ago, a close adviser to Britain's Prime Minister was pilloried by her fellow politicians for saying, "I am seeing a few green shoots, but it's a little bit too early to say exactly how they'd grow." Seems some people thought that was an insensitive thing to say on a day when a raft of U.K. companies announced layoffs. After all, seeing "green shoots" means you think the economy is doing pretty well, right? Or does...
...seat - after grabbing a movie-theater-size bag of peanut M&Ms ($5) to tide me over for the walk - I could admit to being impressed. Third row behind the Yankee dugout. So close I could see the spot where Alex Rodriguez injects his steroids. The great thing? That statement's not even slanderous...
...thing to suffer through a recession when commodities prices are fairly low. It is another circumstance entirely when there is inflation of the core prices of essentials such...
...members of House Financial Service subcommittee refused to let up on Liddy during the March session when he an appearance to brief Congressmen on AIG's progress. He told them the one thing that accusers cannot stand to hear. Liddy was innocent of any of the charges they made against him, and that was a plain and simple fact. As he said at the time, "Six months ago I came out of retirement to help my country. At the government's request I've had the duty and extraordinary challenge of serving as chairman and chief executive officer of American...
...Winning the presidency was the ticket to at least one kind of normality. "Among the many wonderful things about being President," Barack tells TIME, "the best is that I get to live above the office and see Michelle and the kids every day. I see them in the morning. We have dinner every night. It is the thing that sustains me." The President refers to what he calls "Michelle time," when he takes a break during the day and retreats to the residence. Semiregularly, Michelle appears in the West Wing with the dog or their daughters for a brief...