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...Unlike Obama, Bush never had a reputation for being bookish. But Robert Barnett, the Washington superlawyer who represented Bush in the deal (he also represents Obama in his publishing ventures) describes 43 as an in-demand, dedicated author. "There were multiple publishers who expressed strong interest in the book," he told TIME. "The President started working on the book two days after he left office. He has worked on it virtually every day, and has already written 30,000 words...
...best interests of anyone suffering under the weight of the recession is to get some legislation passed that at least gives the economy a chance to recover with government spending and jobs programs. The programs may be the wrong programs, but that is not something that is going to be known ahead of time. There are a number of gambles in the proposed federal budget and many of them will not pay off. Many of the plans that the Treasury has to improve bank balance sheets and lending will simply be a waste of money. There is no entirely convincing...
...financial world since he was sworn in. He can then refuse to resign and say that he has the full support of the President. The most important thing he can do is say that the AIG and Merrill Lynch compensation issues are no longer a matter of interest. If the Justice Department wants to pursue them, it can have the files...
...Introduction to Archaeology,” said he was thrilled by the decision because the course previously only counted only for departmental credit. “Harvard students don’t like to waste time,” Ur said. “Now they can take something interesting which is also a requirement and this will hopefully interest more students in archaeology.” For Ur, the transition to Gen Ed meant shifting the emphasis of the course, which is offered in the anthropology department and will now count for the Empirical and Mathematical Reasoning category. While...
...president of the Undergraduate Council; and Edward Y. Lee ’08-09, co-director of the Harvard Undergraduates for Human Rights in North Korea. Shortly after the discriminatory graffiti was first discovered, seven different Asian-American student organizations sent e-mails last Saturday night to gauge interest in holding a rally. In less than a day, they had heard back from nearly 30 different student groups. “It was sort of the incident that brought a lot of other incidents to the forefront,” CSA co-president Daniel...