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...their healing." Says Nevins: "If people stampede and panic and liquidate their assets, then we'll all be in worse shape. So maintaining some perspective that even in times of difficulty we're not alone, and that God is giving us encouragement and strength, has a real observable benefit socially...
...show their seriousness about the package, Pelosi and the Democrats actually came to work on Columbus Day, when the federal government - the Postal Service, the Pentagon, the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp. and all the rest - was shut down. "Even a holiday of such importance could not stand in the way of our coming together here in Washington to deal with the financial crisis that is facing our country," Pelosi said after the Capitol session. FDR would certainly understand: he proclaimed the first Columbus Day in 1934, in the depths of the Great Depression...
...shares from the government. Private investors can get the same terms as the government, but not better terms, according to a Treasury official. It's not clear how eager private investors will be to jump in. And in theory, if the banks' stock prices rise, the taxpayer would benefit as the government is bought...
Among industry analysts, there is also skepticism whether a merger would even work. "I just don't see the benefit to GM," notes an executive from a key supplier. "I can see the value in terms of reducing overlap and reducing capacity," says Laurie Harbour Felax, an analyst with the Harbour-Felax Group in Clarkston, Mi. "But the cost of doing that are so enormous, you have to wonder if it's really worth it," she says. Chrysler also has relatively few products that are not duplicates of those already sold by GM, she said...
...exemption from the citywide ban on smoking imposed in 2004, and are popular hangouts for cigar aficionados. While the previous ban was an understandable measure in protection of public health, mandating the closure of cigar bars would be alarmingly intrusive given its limited advantages. The direct public health benefits of the ban would be minor at best. There are only four bars targeted by the measure, and most of their customers are likely to smoke in their homes or elsewhere if they cannot go to cigar bars. Thus, the measure is doing nothing to protect the health of the bars?...