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...When in the second presidential debate the candidates were asked what "sacrifices" Americans should expect to make in order to address the financial crisis, John McCain promised to "examine every agency and every bureaucracy of government" and "eliminate those that aren't working," though he didn't name any. Barack Obama said "each and every one of us" would have to "start thinking about how we can save energy" and then offered a subsidy to people who buy U.S.-made cars...
...abuilding in Qatar, Abu Dhabi, Bahrain and elsewhere. KAEC "is not a vanity project, but there is definitely a statement being made," says a Riyadh businessman who asked not to be identified for fear of offending King Abdullah, who is personally keen on the new city that bears his name. "It is the Saudis saying to the rest of the Arabs, 'We can build bigger than the rest...
...article about hero bracelets with great interest. These bracelets were very special to us during the 14-month period our son Michael was deployed in Iraq. When I told people I was getting the bracelets, everyone seemed to want one. So Chris Greta produced 300 bracelets with Mike's name on them. Our family, friends and co-workers found they helped them to remember Mike and pray for him and the rest of the troops. Thankfully, Mike and his cavalry unit are back home safely. We wear our bracelets with pride in honor of those who do so much...
...women choose to wear stiletto heels but ignores serious and feminist analyses of the sources of this so-called choice [Oct. 13]. The style can be viewed as analogous to the old Chinese tradition of foot-binding in its restrictions on comfort, mobility and even safety in the name of a socially constructed "femininity." I will never wear them. Does pole-dancing also signal this convergence of feminine beauty and authority? Cerise Morris, MONTREAL...
...recapitalize the U.S. banking industry. But the three aren't always in perfect alignment. As guarantor of Americans' $4.5 trillion in deposits spread around in some 8,500 U.S. banks, Bair is trying to balance both the needs of depositors like the storied Mrs. Lobsiger and those of big-name players like Citigroup who help generate much of the economy's torque...