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...much hate mail did you get? Let me be a little more honest in the word choice there. People felt very strongly and chose sides, and most of the hate mail...
...there were those--including Summers--who advised Obama not to get too heavily involved in economic policymaking before his Inauguration. Better to let George W. Bush take ownership of the worst recession since the Great Depression so that the new President would be viewed as a fresh start. Emanuel believed, however, that Obama couldn't wait. He was adamant that the President-elect lay out not only his plan but also a specific goal--up to 4 million new jobs...
...have to act as a traffic cop, referee and gatekeeper, deciding which decisions go to the President and which don't and guarding against end runs to the Oval Office. That's not exactly a formula for making or keeping friends. "You say no most of the time and let the President say yes," says Erskine Bowles, who held the chief of staff job and worked alongside Emanuel in the Clinton White House. "Rahm will always have the backbone to say no." But just as crucial is making sure that once he does, the bickering stops...
...face of the earth," began Cowher. I realized then that there is probably a good deal of history that would be new to professional football players. But Cowher ended the Columbus speech with a great line: "You can't allow history to determine your future. But you can let the future determine your history." I'm not exactly sure what that means, but it did make me want to hit someone really hard while they're running for a field goal. (See pictures of Super Bowl entertainment through the ages...
...Let's start with the statistics: First, most plane crashes are more like this one than we think. More people survive than die. Aircraft in distress don't drop, screaming, out of the sky into the fires of hell. They end up on the ground or in water, and people must get out quickly. Those who fare best are usually those who are prepared: the pilot who has flown for four decades and trained for calamity; the man in the exit row who has read the safety card...