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...financial system. Still the economy failed to respond. With all of Asia then in a state of unprecedented financial collapse, the Bank of Japan adopted a series of measures that took it into a realm where no central bank had ever previously dared venture. Lending rates were slashed to zero, and the Bank became a vast money-printing machine. Yet so concerned were the authorities that these extreme measures could lead the economy in unmanageable directions that they moved too soon to reduce spending and raise interest rates. That sent the economy into a still deeper deflationary dive. Then...
...Khalilzad hasn't been able to make the good feelings last. Each side wants him to go to bat for it but suspects him of secretly playing for the other team. "They see everything very much in a zero-sum way," Khalilzad says. That he is of mixed parentage--his late father was a Sunni, his late mother a Shi'ite--doesn't automatically make him a neutral in the eyes of Iraqi politicians. As a representative of the country that smashed the Sunnis' stranglehold on power, he worked hard to overcome their suspicion, only to find himself...
...critical to al-Jaafari's hold on power, the Prime Minister is unlikely to authorize a crackdown. "Al-Sadr is possibly the greatest source of frustration for the U.S.," says a European diplomat. "Khalilzad knows he is potentially the most destabilizing force in Iraqi politics, but the Americans have zero leverage with...
...financial system. Still the economy failed to respond. With all of Asia then in a state of unprecedented financial collapse, the Bank of Japan adopted a series of measures that took it into a realm where no central bank had ever previously dared venture. Lending rates were slashed to zero, and the Bank became a vast money-printing machine. Yet so concerned were the authorities that these extreme measures could lead the economy in unmanageable directions that they moved too soon to reduce spending and raise interest rates. That sent the economy into a still deeper deflationary dive. Then...
...Friday by going 1-for-3 with two runs batted in against the Golden Panthers (8-14). Her only hit of the game was a two-RBI double in the bottom of the sixth inning that provided all the insurance the Crimson (3-3) needed.With the score knotted at zero in the bottom of the sixth, Halpenny singled to the left side to knock in sophomore Danielle Kerper and give Harvard the 1-0 lead.Later in the inning, with the bases loaded and two outs, Murray stood in and launched a double to left center, scoring Kidder and Halpenny.The...