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...brain is nothing if not a biological machine - one that works like any other machine, at least when it comes to temperature. Parts that are working harder than others become hotter than others, thanks to the additional flow of blood shunted their way. Engineer Tom Chau of the University of Toronto suspected he could take advantage of that fact...
...liabilities. In a jam-packed committee room, the former bankers picked over their biggest mistakes. Shelling out some $15 billion for a chunk of rival Dutch lender ABN Amro in mid-2007 - when all the signs were pointing to a testing time for banks - was "a big mistake," Tom McKillop, RBS's former chairman, told the committee...
...employment uptick. “If you’re looking at this to pay your mortgage, you’re going to be homeless and hungry,” said resident Heather M. Hoffman, addressing the union representatives present at the meeting. According to ARE Regional Vice President Tom Andrews, building labspace in East Cambridge will bring the city between $9 million and $12 million in property taxes annually. Nearly a dozen residents of East Cambridge spoke in opposition to the proposal, some holding signs that read “Too Big, Too Close, Too Toxic...
...Elsewhere, a group of schoolgirls in pale pink coats and hijabs performed a combination of martial arts and dance moves to a techno version of a marching song. They were followed on the stage by Tom & Jerry and a moderator who offered a prize for the right response to a quiz question: "Where did the Imam [Khomeini] deliver his first speech?" There were at least a dozen wrong guesses before someone ventured, "At the airport...
...about to unfold, a smooth ride would be nothing short of heroic. The President has to push his $800 billion stimulus measure through a potentially ornery House-Senate conference, firm up support for a wildly unpopular financial reform package known as TARP 2, and find a replacement for Tom Daschle, who took himself out of the running for health care czar last week amid revelations of unpaid taxes...