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...times have changed. Six interest-rate cuts totaling 275 basis points have gone into stirring the markets, the economy or both from their excess-induced torpor, and six months after the regime began neither are any better off. Not that we should necessarily blame Greenspan for failing to surgically remove the "cycle" from business cycle without touching the "business" - considering how hard we partied, this hangover really isn't so bad. But as hindsight-aided criticism mounts that Greenspan not only let the fire burn too hot during the boom but threw too much water on it when he decided...
...world’s monotheistic religions, although contemporary arguments about sovereignty over the site mainly involve the Israelis and the Palestinians. The story of the site is a mess of competing religious claims, conflicting historical narratives and violent reactions to seemingly sinister symbolic actions. Some popular media accounts blame this issue as the straw that broke the camel’s back at last summer’s failed Camp David talks, and Ariel Sharon’s controversial visit to the site last September sparked the latest pattern of violence in the region...
Jennifer Henry has a goal: to run an inner city school where all the students go to college, to prove that it can be done, that "you can't just blame the kids and the neighborhood." She's got an impressive educational r?sum?: During high school and college she taught for Making Waves, a California-based non-profit that targets low income kids at risk of falling behind grade level. At 22 she became the program's executive director, and turned what was a mostly mushy, feel-good enterprise into one with real instructional rigor. She also taught high school...
...lineswoman. Approaching the net to congratulate Rafter, Agassi turned and smacked a forehand in her direction. "I meant to hit that in the net," he said unconvincingly. Agassi later told reporters that the woman was "a little classless for Centre Court." As for her prudery, he said, "I blame her husband for that." Even John McEnroe disapproved...
Dating the second time around can be awkward and painful, especially when you're reduced to asking your three-year-old, "Do these pants make Mommy look fat?" I'd like to blame my dates, of course, but their only crime is that they show up. I'm the one with the problem. I have become ridiculously picky and demanding--I once rejected a guy just because he used Cremora in his coffee...