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...Rachel was technically unavailable. But historian Andrew Burstein argues that Jackson did know and that jumping the gun was socially acceptable on the remote frontier where he and Rachel lived. As presidential candidates, Jefferson was hammered for his lack of religion and Jackson was hammered for his wife's surplus of husbands--yet both men were elected twice. Partisanship and ideology made a space for singularity. Jefferson's and Jackson's supporters cared more about what their champions stood for than what they thought about theology or the divorce laws...
...coming year. According to The New York Times, several factors—including alumni donations, the 20 percent return of endowment investments, and the decision by trustees to spend more of the endowment—enabled Princeton to implement this freeze. Certainly, Princeton is to be commended for using surplus financial resources to ameliorate the massive burden high tuition rates impose on students and their families, especially those from middle- and low-income households. But we believe that extra available dollars at universities are better spent on financial aid than across-the-board tuition freezes. Princeton is following...
...settlements was that they increased the country's security by providing an early-warning system of any Arab military movement. For more than two decades, Israel has persuaded itself that the occupation is not so terrible. It has, in fact, brought the nation many benefits: cheap labor, captive markets, surplus taxes from the inhabitants and, of course, land for settlement. But Israel is paying a high price for its policy. The Arab stones are not injuring Israel so much as its own self-delusions are. By occupying the territories, and continuing to occupy them, it may be internalizing the most...
...plan could also begin to reduce Japan's mammoth trade surplus and thus ease frictions with Western nations. The Japanese surplus with the U.S. is expected to reach a record $57 billion this year, up from $50 billion in 1985. The cut in income taxes should encourage Japanese consumers to buy more imports. The value-added tax applies only to goods manufactured in Japan,' which means that imports could become more competitive. U.S. Treasury officials said they were pleased with the tax-reform proposal. It represents a fundamental step for Japan away from subsidizing savings at the expense of consumer...
...farmers boost their sagging income? They can get out of surplus crops like wheat and into something really different, like raising llamas or growing ginseng. That, at least, was the advice given 5,500 farmers from 42 states who gathered last week in Des Moines for Adapt 100, a conference sponsored by Successful Farming magazine that presented 100 novel ideas for ailing farms...