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Finally, and most important, what we're facing now isn't your garden-variety recession. This downturn is likely to be deep, and the economy will probably remain weak for several years--meaning there isn't much cause to worry that stimulus would overheat an already strong recovery. Meanwhile, the Fed, which normally stimulates the economy via the financial system, is having trouble doing so because the financial system is broken. And the usual concern that government will crowd out private borrowers isn't an issue. "The government has a window in which it can borrow very aggressively," says Mark...
...hate street art personally. I think that it’s done by the strong to intimidate the weak,” Lingford said. “Working with Cydney has actually overturned some of my preconceptions about...
...provocative. That posturing worked: many in America have argued that the United States should not allow this development to threaten diplomatic relations by upsetting the Russians. These arguments, however, seems to want it both ways—they insist that the United States can neither back down and seem weak, nor prioritize a controversial missile shield over calm negotiation. Diplomacy can often work, and President-elect Obama will hopefully engage more countries in level dialogue than his predecessor. The Russians, however, constitute a special case. It is imperative that Obama continue the strong stand taken yesterday by Defense Secretary Robert...
...teams this season—or last, for that matter. Harvard currently sits last in the league in punt returns, kickoff returns, and net punting, a year after finishing third, seventh, and seventh in those categories (in fairness, the squad’s kickoff coverage has been excellent).This weakness has the potential to become especially visible this weekend, when Harvard travels to Penn. The Quakers lead the league in kick returns, are third in punt returns, and have brought one each back for a touchdown—the only Ivy squad to do that this season. And it becomes...
...most Southern Californians cannot readily imagine a quake of that scale. They haven't experienced one before, so they don't know how the g-forces will feel. The intent of the ShakeOut drill is to hijack the imagination. "Time and again, we've heard that there is a weak link between the scientific understanding of quakes and the ability of the public to pay attention and change their behavior," says Mariana Amatullo at the Art Center College of Design, one of the organizers of the event. "The goal was to find new opportunities for the public...