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...very clear duties and press him into service doing something contrary to the obligations of his office. Since there will never be answers to what would have happened if B of A had abandoned Merrill it is useless to speculate about whether Paulson and Bernanke did the right thing. What happened when Lewis was asked to take a role which was not reasonably his is that the ethical obligation of refraining from force to pervert another person's duty to his obligations was breached. Lewis may have been the obvious victim but the relationship between the government and private enterprise...
...jockeying for control of the region and has longstanding religious disagreements. A bomb in Tehran might push Riyadh to seek one as well, which could start a nuclear armament race in the Middle East as Egypt, Turkey, and Iraq scramble to keep up. This is the last thing that the region needs...
...quite fit the modern/retro bill of much of the rest of the album, but rather serve as bookends with more obvious mainstream appeal. Lyrically, they’re playful and intelligent, while musically their sort of the standard fare, though that’s not necessarily a bad thing on an album this diverse. The only real failures on the album are “Bebe Buell” and “Country Interlude,” although there are some tracks that are certainly less mentionable than those above. “Bebe Buell,” while...
...group seemed to think that exploring high-tech business ventures in Iraq was premature, despite the uncertain security situation at the moment and the many unanswered questions surrounding the implications of the coming U.S. troop withdrawal. Cohen, the State Department organizer, said: "I think there is no such thing as arriving too early...
Slumdog Millionaire propelled nine-year old Rubina Ali to instant stardom and fame. However, too much fame can be a bad thing for a pretty little girl from an impoverished background. She has been subject to near constant media attention, witnessed brawls between her mother and stepmother over her custody and, most recently, been the subject of a dubious international sting operation...