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...Pornographers, with soaring melodies and charming boy/girl harmonies weaving in and out of every song. “We will always be in love,” guitarist Amy Milan croons on “Ageless Beauty,” a gorgeous, dreamy number that paints a bittersweet contrast to the heartbreak that wells behind the opener. “You look so good in the shoes of the outcast / I kiss your throat every time we say it won’t last / But then I need you, I need you, I need you / I really need...
...direction." Significantly, he noted that the European Central Bank of late voiced open criticism of U.S. deficits for the first time. In a financial-stability review published in December, the bank, based in Frankfurt, Germany, described the deficits as "posing a significant risk for global financial stability." Europe, by contrast, continues to run a relatively tight fiscal policy. Until the Federal Reserve's most recent increases, European interest rates have also tended to be higher than those in the U.S., and unlike spend-happy Americans, European households stash away substantial amounts. In the euro zone, about 14% of household income...
...There was a lot that was said. Some was more pleasant to hear. There was a lot that was less pleasant to hear,” Summers said. In contrast, Summers has described last week’s meeting as “searing...
...added that the visit to America had underscored the contrast between the two nations...
...midst of a curricular review could make the situation catastrophic. And there is a second, related failure of leadership at the decanal level; Dean of the Faculty William C. Kirby has remained mum throughout the debate, showing a lack of independence and strength—in stark contrast to his predecessor, Jeremy R. Knowles, under whose leadership one could hardly imagine a normally civil faculty so divided...