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...analysts wonder if the $11 billion price tag for the credit's next phase is worth it. Some say many of the people using the tax credit would have purchased a home anyway...
...book machine is well worth a look: It actually comprises two machines. One resembles an industrial-sized copier, and the other reminds me of that baroque execution device from Kafka’s “In the Penal Colony.” A transparent casing surrounds the latter half, affording a view of the various gears, clamps, trays, and rollers in action...
...programs. People with those problems will inevitably wind up going into foreclosure. Secondly, we're going to see a whole slew of option-ARM loans reset next year. In many cases, these properties are going to be upside on the loan amount. In other words, the homes will be worth less than what's owed on the loans. The only way these loans will qualify for modifications is if the lenders took a huge principal-balance write-off, and we just haven't seen any appetite for that...
...Culture reduces us to the sexual, but being human promises so much more. The sexualization of people and relationships hinders our development as human beings. When we embrace the sexual culture that stretches its logic to render us servile, we find ourselves unfulfilled. Abstinence resists cultural messages about human worth. Unlike casual sex, abstinence is empowering because, instead of making sex and uncontrolled lust an end, it makes people...
...Still, Reid is pushing ahead with Schumer's plan, and it will be many weeks' worth of amendments before it is known if Democrats have the votes to pass it. Even if it fails, says Senator Nelson, Schumer will have no problem adapting to the political reality. "Chuck is the most pragmatic man I've ever met," Nelson says with a laugh. Yet it's clear that Schumer is a long way off from calling his public option a lost cause just...