Word: making
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...would take a wildly indelicate Fed chairman to make a policy change at a time like this, and indelicate is one thing Alan Greenspan is not. Surprising absolutely no one, Greenspan's FOMC board announced at 2:15 Wednesday that it was leaving interest rates alone. Even its bias - slightly worried about inflation, but not overly - will remain unchanged until its December meeting, and few expect the Fed to do anything then either. In the middle of a wild and crazy fourth quarter for investors, politicians and everybody with a healthy interest in where America is headed, the economy...
...citizens, gubernatorial appointees and attorneys presents three judges' names to the governor, who chooses one. In other words, a governor's appointments are more or less at the mercy of that independent committee. And while its Democratic makeup and what its reputation for what conservatives call "judicial activism" may make the Court look liberal on paper, these Justices are no bleeding hearts...
...feel very small, to now realize that my voice will be heard. It strengthens my belief in our democratic election process - even at the level of county commissioners, whom we choose to represent us at every level is important. I'm not sure that it's going to make a difference, but it could. I'm just hoping...
...York, where the outcome is already decided (in favor of Al Gore), New York's Democratic electors are starting to make plans for their winter trip to Albany, where, according to N.Y. secretary of state spokesman Scott Trent, the monetary rewards are paltry, but the sense of history is overwhelming...
...although this election's jaw-droppingly close margin seems to be a particularly compelling argument for excluding Ellis, Gottlieb argues it doesn't really make any difference. "Even if this had been a landslide, you don't have a candidate's relative reporting on an election." Interestingly, according to Tuesday's Washington Post, Ellis himself seemed to agree just last year, when he resigned from his position as a political reporter at the Boston Globe. "I am loyal to my cousin.... I put that loyalty ahead of my loyalty to anyone else outside my immediate family. That being the case...