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...problems. It's no surprise that Democrats couldn't successfully filibuster George W. Bush's tax cuts and Republicans couldn't successfully filibuster Obama's stimulus spending. When you're handing out goodies, it's much harder for opponents to gum up the process. As Vanderbilt University's Marc Hetherington has argued, trust in government matters most when government is asking people to make sacrifices. It's when the pain is temporary but the benefits are long-term that people most need to believe that government is something other than stupid and selfish. Which is exactly what they...
Buyers don't consider the guns an indulgence. "Premium guns are very good at holding their value," says Will Hetherington, an editor at the British Shooting Gazette. "They're seen as an investment, more along the lines of a piece of art. Many owners never take them out of the house." Others, though, are using their guns right now, during the fall hunting season across North America and Europe. Beretta sells the shotguns at a handful of specialized "galleries," including one on Madison Avenue in New York City and another in Dallas. A new one will open in March...
...product made only by Old World artisans. Yet the changes are all but inevitable, as technology compensates for a dwindling supply of qualified craftsmen. "It's an inescapable truth that machines can ultimately step in and do most jobs as well as, if not better than, humans," says Hetherington. There's no denying that for utter precision and consistency, nothing beats a 125-ton computer-driven swaging machine hammering down on a barrel 1,600 times a minute. What is unknown is whether knowledgeable collectors--seeking uniqueness, not consistency--will one day insist on "pre-machine" guns...
...apparently boring Bohr was not the only inspiration for the poetry; textbooks were also a popular source. “Griffiths was a particularly popular author,” observes SPS President Craig L. Hetherington...
...real difference may be not in their methods (the statistician vs. the shrink) but in their temperaments (hopeful vs. fretful). Says Hetherington: "Wallerstein is fond of saying it's whether the cup is half empty or half full, but it's not. It's whether the cup is 20% to 25% empty or 75% to 80% full." She adds with a laugh, "That's a big difference...