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...study the movie version of All the President's Men, which retains, long after the fact, its itchy power, you see that without Deep Throat, it would be a much less absorbing film. Mostly it is about a pair of reporters wearing out shoe leather, often enough in broad daylight or under the bright lights of the Washington Post newsroom, as they pursue their frustrating leads. That is entertaining, especially because we know how high the stakes in the game are. But it is not electrifying...
...there are troubling aspects to the real estate boom. At the stock market's peak, 1% of investors controlled about 33.5% of stock wealth; the top 1% of home-equity holders have only 13% of housing wealth. In other words, a broad drop in home values, should it happen, would affect a far larger cross section of Americans than did the NASDAQ bust...
Like most experts, Kohrt divides fitness activities into three broad categories. At the top of the list is cardiovascular exercise--anything that makes the heart beat faster. "No matter what your age--unless you have a truly unstable condition--getting your heart rate up several times a week is really important," says Miriam Nelson, an associate professor at the Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy at Tufts University. "That trumps everything." The other two major types of activity--strength training and stability (or balance) exercises--come into greater play as you get older. You don't necessarily have...
...good or better or more comprehensive intelligence picture, and combine that with last-minute reporting which may have led to a more successful operational outcome. With the benefit of hindsight, if we had our time again we would say 'You (the US commanders) are sending your people in broad daylight into a valley surrounded by cave systems and networks that are probably still in use, and you are going to do that without having eyes on the insurgents. It's madness...
...There’s no question [Kirby] will conduct a broad search inside and outside the University,” said Venky, who will take a one-year sabbatical after he steps down. “I wanted to give him plenty of time to find a successor...