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...Obama might have bitten off more than he can safely chew in his first year. He seems to have misjudged the appetite of the nation (or at least the Senate) for the change he promised during his campaign. Independent voters have been running for the hills since health-care reform became his administration’s number-one domestic priority, encouraged by the irresponsible cries of “death panels” from once-respectable public servants like Senator Charles Grassley (R-Iowa) and the populist anti-rhetoric of Sarah Palin, which veers daily into demagoguery. The 24-hour...
...true that the securities that sparked the crisis began imploding after subprime borrowers began struggling to repay the underlying loans. Still, the notion that a CFPA would have prevented the mess is debatable at best. It's not as if all borrowers who bit off more than they could chew were deceived; many of them just wanted more house than they could afford, and it's not clear whether an agency devoted to helping consumers would have pushed for stricter scrutiny of their credit histories, higher requirements for their down payments and other borrowing restrictions that might have helped save...
After selecting their teammates, they practiced. "We all did a burrito the day before and brainstormed a little bit on what made for good form: pretty small bites, chew as little as possible," said Sipprelle, a former Crimson sports editor...
...wrapped up our little shopping week shindig. We had some quality posts, from unique classes to easy classes, classes for TV fans to classes on video. In case we didn't give you anything to chew on, we hope that you at least got a laugh or learned something about a class you happened not to attend. Hope you enjoy whatever you ended up putting on the piece of paper that you had to submit to the Registrar's Office (which apparently hasn't heard of the Internet). Just make sure you check your student record to make sure they...
...also struggles with a severe water shortage, in large part because of the national addiction to khat, a shrub whose young leaves contain a compound with effects similar to those of amphetamines. The top estimate is that no fewer than 90% of men and 25% of women in Yemen chew the leaves, storing a wad in one cheek as it slowly breaks down and enters the bloodstream. Astonishingly, most of the country's arable land is devoted to the plant, which accounts for approximately a third of the country's water usage...