Word: view
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 2000-2009
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...view, yields on U.S. 10-year Treasury notes will fall to between 1.5% and 2% by the end of 2009. This is because the banks are broken and their customers are keen to spend less. The monetary base, the money element that the Fed can control, is a fraction of credit outstanding in the U.S. system ($2 trillion versus $47 trillion). No matter how fast base money is pumped up, the reduction in credit outstanding will overwhelm it. During this phase we should expect credit contraction and its attendant deflationary effects on asset prices and consumer goods and services...
Against all odds, my friends and I somehow managed to land tickets to Barack Obama’s inauguration. But while our silver-section admission granted us a closer view than millions of Obama fans teeming on the National Mall, we were still in the most plebeian of ticketed areas. If we wanted the best possible spot, we were going to have to battle with 140,000 other early risers. And unbeknownst to us, we were also going to have to tolerate appalling police incompetence. And so late at night on January 19, I put on three pairs of pants...
...because budgets often include staff salaries, which can’t be cut,” said Maria Tatar, who chairs the folklore and mythology committee. “The real percentage could be closer to upwards of 30 percent.” Department chairs have said that they view cutting salaries as the least desirable option on the table, since staff salaries are already low. —Staff writer Bonnie J. Kavoussi can be reached at kavoussi@fas.harvard.edu. —Staff writer Esther I. Yi can be reached at estheryi@fas.harvard.edu...
...greatest President.” The panelists presented varying portraits of Lincoln while debating issues ranging from Lincoln’s true role in freeing the slaves to his sexual orientation. Kushner, who is currently working on a screenplay about Lincoln’s life, took a particularly sympathetic view of the famed president. “I think he is just a tremendously moving and intriguing and wonderful presence,” Kushner said. Blight, meanwhile, discussed the many comparisons drawn between Lincoln and current president Barack Obama. “It seems to me that...
...Jillson said. Among the procession of parade-goers were many families eager to expose their children to Chinese culture. Kristen Sopko, a resident of Waltham Mass., came with her four-year-old daughter Katherine, who sat on her father’s shoulders to get a better view of the festivities. “We only read about it or saw it on TV,” Sopko said. “We want to get her used to different things.” This year marks the Kong’s 54th birthday. The family-run business is currently...