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...like. Right now the main monetary-policy debate is between those who think the recovery will be weak and fitful--and thus the Fed should keep doing what it can to stimulate the economy--and those who think it will be rip-roaring enough that further spending would spark inflation. At Brookings, Bernanke seemed to indicate that he stood with the first group. So while the recession may be over, he isn't saying that happy days are here again...
That goal proved to be the back-breaker for Harvard. The Crimson was playing with just two subs, and it struggled to get back on defense and run the field. And with Keating hounded for much of the second half, the offense lacked its spark...
...fireball—she was a spark tonight,” Pettit said...
...simmering out there? I did, and it's in my book. You can pull out paragraphs on how mad people were about pork-barrel spending, about taxes and about the lack of accountability [in Washington.] You had all these people who were mad, but there wasn't a spark that would cause them to get involved. Health care became that spark...
...This week the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department decided to make another run at the problem by launching Groping Prevention Week, a five-day program designed to spark greater public awareness of the threat and give police a chance to sharpen their ability to identify and investigate occurrences. "We're taking intensive measures to crack down," says a police spokeswoman. "Our intent is to repress groping incidents and raise awareness in society through cooperation with railway companies...