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Although the overall blood-sugar reductions were small, "this is a very important trial," says Dr. David Ludwig, director of the Optimal Weight for Life Program at Children's Hospital in Boston. Many previous studies in the field have been underpowered, involving small numbers of subjects, Ludwig says, but this trial was large and looked at important endpoints. "Its results carry additional weight compared to many of the past trials," he says...
Amid a horrific financial crisis, all we hear are calls for more of the money-printing, spending and subsidies that created this mess. So I choose my great teacher, Ludwig von Mises, champion of the Austrian School of economics, who taught us how a central bank like the Fed causes booms and busts and how to build prosperity through sound money and economic freedom...
...Grant was mistaken for a spy and kidnapped in North by Northwest. If you're looking for the quintessential old New York boîte, try Bemelmans Bar at The Carlyle (35 East 76th Street, at Madison Avenue; 212-744-1600). The murals on the walls were drawn by Ludwig Bemelmans, the illustrator of the Madeline children's books, and a pianist tickles the ivories here Tuesday through Saturday from 5:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Another good choice is the Bull and Bear at The Waldorf-Astoria (570 Lexington Avenue, at 49th Street; 212-872-4900), where congenial...
...going to take advantage of that opportunity.”The program began with a trio comprised of Alex Y. Shiozaki ’09 on violin, Kathryn S. Austin ’09 on cello, and John M. Sullivan ’09 on piano playing Ludwig van Beethoven’s “Piano Trio in E-flat, Op. 70. No. 2.” After the piece, Previn offered criticism of the performance, with both compliments and suggestions for improvements. Besides calling the trio “absolutely wonderful,” he also offered some...
...these people were barely regulated at all, at least not in the sense that bankers are regulated. "You had a regulatory mechanism that was targeted very narrowly to prudential regulation of the banking industry," says Gene Ludwig, who as Comptroller of the Currency oversaw the nation's big banks from 1993 to 1998. What that did, Ludwig explains, was to motivate banking companies to move activities to their less-regulated affiliates, and give a leg up to competitors (stand-alone investment firms, hedge funds, mortgage brokers, you name it) that weren't being watched by banking regulators...