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Gervais already has deep thoughts about the wild. As we exit the galleries, he finally notices the view I was trying to show him by the railings. He stops and is quiet. Then he says, "Nature wins, doesn't it? You can't really compete with a few hundred million years of evolution." As we contemplate our mortality, I feel bad for judging him for quoting Keats; he has earned the right to ponder without having to amuse me. But then he adds, "Except spiders. Lose them. Nothing needs eight f______ legs...
...better way to view the Frannie takeover is as an attempt to prevent the housing bust from getting dramatically worse and to stave off financial collapse. The companies' combined share of new mortgages rose as high as 80% earlier this year as other lenders retrenched. The percentage has dropped somewhat since, says FHFA Director James Lockhart, but if either Fannie or Freddie had to stop buying mortgages, rates would clearly skyrocket. If either firm actually defaulted on its debts or MBS guarantees, the consequences might be catastrophic. Why's that? Read...
...open to hearing [a subject's] point of view, but I must tell you that we are very thoroughly researched. It's not Larry King, with all due respect to Mr. King. When I come in, I come in armed and dangerous. But if somebody impresses me, I'll think about it more, and if I change my mind, I'll tell the audience...
...Gregory Mankiw, who found out the news during his summer at the beach, expressed similar pleasure. “I’m delighted about how it’s all worked out,” he said. “There were a lot of different points of view expressed during the discussion,” Mankiw added. “I think given where everybody started...we ended up at a very good place.” While the economics department was hoping for Ec10 to count toward The United States in the World, some...
...Gibson probed her views of war and peace and the balance between them, and this is where the ice got a little thin. His question about her willingness to defend Georgia from Russia, even if it meant going to war, did allow her to mention that she'd spoken to President Saakashvili to assure him of her support. Gibson pressed her on how she would view Israel attacking Iran's nuclear facilities. "I don't think that we should second-guess the measures Israel has to take to defend themselves and for their security," she replied. Again Gibson asked, Does...