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Across the Wide Missouri...
...difficult to argue against hate-crimes laws because it seems like you're arguing for hate. But the term "hate crimes" didn't come into wide use until the early 1980s. The original 1968 law was part of its decade's civil rights legislation, but at the time, the law was not considered to be a law against "hate...
Insurance companies did invest in real estate and mortgages, he says, but not in the huge way the banks did - only about 10% of investments were in those areas industry-wide. It is those investments that have caused recent reported investment losses at MetLife and The Hartford. About two-thirds of insurance company investments are in solid, conservative instruments like federal and municipal bonds. Even AIG, the insurance giant bailed out by the federal government in September, is solvent in its insurance operation. The losses at AIG came mostly from the unrelated financial services division, which other insurance companies...
...like jeans, I had become delusional. My friends and family had to intervene, tugging the spandex from my grasping hands and threatening to burn them. I sat crumbled and defeated on the floor, wondering what I would do in a leggings-less life. To my surprise, the possibilities were wide. So wide that I decided to ditch my skintight spandex and get lost in a pair of wide-leg pants. Wide-leg trousers offer the solution to all of my issues with skinny jeans: One, you can breathe; two, you can move. That’s all I really...
...former position as head of publicity at Poet’s House Publishing in New York City, as well as her record as a creative writing teacher at NYU, qualifies her to do just that. “It’s going to be a wide range of needs surrounding poetry here,” Davis says, adding that she hopes to draw on all her former experiences and different relationships with poetry to expand its role on campus. Her plans include walking tours, competitions, and even writing hours in the Woodberry room with prompts and discussion...