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...history, only three federal judges have been assassinated--all since 1979. But officials who track such figures say this is the first time they can recall a judge's family being killed and not the judge. It is, in some ways, worse. "If someone was angry at me, they should go after me," Lefkow told the Chicago Sun-Times two days after the murders. "I'm just furious." Judges get threatened more often than the public might imagine, but the murder of Lefkow's family has rattled courthouses around the nation. This is not supposed to happen in America...
...good governance. Narayan argues that subsidies for food and fertilizer mostly end up with corrupt bureaucrats and inefficient manufacturers, and does little for the poor themselves. Higher spending means the government will likely miss its deficit-reduction targets for next year. Yet Chidambaram insists that he remains on track to contain India's deficit. "I have made a solemn commitment that we will resume on the path of fiscal correction in 2006-7," he told TIME...
...have to tell you? Take your foot off the gas!" It's 9:30 a.m. on the first day of racing school, and my instructor and co-pilot, Paul Mazzacane, looks as if he's about to blow a fuse. We're on a skid pad, a circular track slicked down with water, and I'm speeding around it so fast that the rear tires lose traction and the car goes into a fishtail. For most folks, this would be the time to let go of the wheel and pray (which is my instinct), but the idea here...
...first day, I feel as if I've ridden a roller coaster for six hours. The second day brings no respite. At Michelin's Laurens Proving Grounds, we take turns on a larger track. The skid pad here is a half-mile oval surrounded by wide swaths of muddy grass. Spin out, and you wind up in the weeds, which is where I find myself a couple of times. For the course's finale, we split into teams and, racing against the clock, tear through a slalom. When my turn arrives, my adrenaline is pumping so hard that...
...Number of black professors hired for tenure-track jobs at Ivy League universities...