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...succeed Greenspan: The true believers in ?supply-side? economics at the conservative National Review may back President Bush on most issues, but they are no more impressed with the nomination of Bernanke than they are with that of Harriet Miers. Bernanke, they warn, doesn't share some of their basic positions on issues such as taxation. By contrast, curiously enough, Paul Krugman - standard bearer of the Left in national economic debates and often a fierce critic of Greenspan - appears to welcome the nomination of his former Princeton colleague, although he fears that Bernanke's tenure at the White House...
...sweep. In the third game, however, the Crimson could not recover from its numerous service errors, which handed the Lions seven free points.“We missed seven serves that game, and lost by two points,” Trimble said. “Serving is just a basic part of volleyball, and you just have to put it on the court.”“Personally, I had five missed serves,” said Mahon, who recorded 15 kills, and led everyone with 25 digs. “I can’t even remember...
...previously-approved budget, that HoCo might receive funding cuts for the next semester. Although council members raised questions at last night’s meeting as to why Houses of different sizes were funded equally, sponsors of the bill explained that the funding was intended to cover basic fixed costs, like renting space for formals, that do not necessarily vary from House to House. —Staff writer Victoria Kim can be reached at vkim@fas.harvard.edu...
...quite that simple. Cash was 6 ft. 2 in. and held his guitar like a long rifle, with his strumming arm draped around the bottom of the body. Phoenix is 5 ft. 8 in. When music supervisor T-Bone Burnett told him his basic mastery was all right but his strumming was all wrong, it took weeks to relearn how to play. There was also the matter of singing. Phoenix has a warbling, slightly nasal voice that needed extensive training to hit Cash's rumbling lows. "He was pretty horrible when he started," says Dan John Miller, leader...
Creating your own winery doesn't require a great deal of expertise or expense. A starter kit that makes five gallons costs about $100, or $4 a finished bottle. The kits come with basic equipment, yeasts, and juice or concentrate from fruit grown in the same places--in California, France, Italy and other wine regions--that professional wineries use. Just follow the directions, and in four to six weeks you can be uncorking wine from your own chteau or apartment. To move beyond kits to get the whole grape-stomping experience, you have to spend at least an additional...