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...economy because it saps funds from the supply of national savings and thus raises real interest rates, which crowds out private investment. But every dollar the government borrows is transferred into PRAs, which increases the supply of savings by an equal amount. The net effect on national savings is zero...
...which opened in the Washington suburbs in 2003, was plagued by mismanagement and overspending. The report charges that some of the $500,000 listed under "equipment and tools" was spent on silk plants and decorative artwork. And in addition to outfitting the building's four kitchenettes with swanky Sub-Zero refrigerators, the report cites 58 cases in which the project manager allegedly circumvented government spending rules by splitting credit-card transactions so that each would come in under a limit of $2,500. None of the officials accused are still with the agency...
...entry onto the world stage-the man who, more than any other, defined the nation's architectural identity in the last half of the 20th century. The University of Tokyo-trained Tange rocketed to fame with his 1949 design for the Peace Memorial Park at Hiroshima's ground zero, the concrete museum, arched cenotaph and mammoth public square of which managed to be arresting without quite being beautiful, distinctive without quite being iconic. His later commissions embodied Japan's re-emergence as an increasingly confident economic power: the sweeping National Gymnasium Complex for the 1964 Tokyo Olympic Games...
...saves on the evening to Regan’s 39—and a multitude of textbook blocked shots that thwarted otherwise golden opportunities, most notably the Wildcats’ 1:08 5-on-3 at the close of the second period, which netted a grand total of zero shots on target...
...these offensive guns are reinforced by the nation’s second-best defense, which allows an average of just 1.31 goals per-game this season and held Dartmouth’s nationally second-best offense to a mere 10 shots on goal—including zero in the final frame—in the Gophers’ 7-2 trouncing of the Big Green Friday night...