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...There are two ways to look at this. There's Wall Street's way, which features theories and numbers and equations and gobbledygook and, ultimately, rationalization (as in, "How were we supposed to know that people who lied about their income and assets would walk away from mortgages on houses in which they had no equity? That wasn't in our computer model. It's not our fault"). Then there's the right way, which involves asking the questions that really matter: How did we get here? How do we get out of it? And what does all this mean...
...LOWDOWN: Readers won't walk away from Angler feeling any differently about Vice President Cheney. His secretive, power-hungry reputation has been earned with good reason - this is, after all a man who, when tapped to lead the Vice Presidential search committee, effectively chose himself before interviewing anyone else. And while Gellman's book feels more like a collection of set-pieces than a cohesive whole, this look at this second most powerful office in the land couldn't be timelier given the current debate about vice presidential qualifications...
...used to be that students would walk through the yard, looking for the appropriate recycling bin, even trashing their recyclables out of impatience,” said Resource Efficiency Program Co-Captain Rachel H.Y. Mak ’10. “Now students can recycle at their own convenience...
...much for "Masters of the Universe." On Monday, being an employee of Lehman Bros. looked about as much fun as a perp walk. Overnight, the 158-year-old Wall Street behemoth filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, a stunning collapse that may leave thousands of employees without jobs. With $639 billion in assets, the firm's filing is the largest in history. Throughout the day, as media crews hovered around the entrance to the firm's Midtown Manhattan headquarters, some of Wall Street's best and brightest trickled out onto the pavement, their faces crestfallen and their ties yanked askew...
...Somehow, the pastor managed to find a florist, a piano player - and a baker. We were shocked, and so grateful. It was a beautiful ceremony, if a touch bittersweet. Holly's parents, who evacuated Brazoria County ahead of Ike, couldn't get to Houston. She asked my dad to walk her down the aisle. My daughter was thrilled she got to be a flower girl as planned...