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"“John Dovidio, a psychologist at Yale University who has conducted this study over many years, noted that conscious prejudice as measured in..." more...
"“Id al-Fitr, which marks the end of a period of daytime fasting, prayers and abstention from vices during the holy month of Ramadan, is the..." more...
"The New York Daily News headline from October 30th, 1975. The previous day Ford had said he would veto any bailout plan for New York City,..." more...
"Most lawmakers represent safe districts, giving them little incentive to tack to the center and work together. Indeed, many incumbents worry more..." more...
"c_b, I can't believe you just called yourself pedestrian because you enjoy the OED. This has to the the only place on the planet where anyone would..."
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"“Ben Bernanke had spent his career studying financial crises. His first important work as an economist had been a study of the events that led to..." more...
"“The credit crisis has played out in places most people can’t see. It’s banks refusing to lend to other banks — even though that is one of..." more...
"“Money market funds serve a critical role in greasing the wheels of commerce. They use investors’ money to make short-term loans, known as..." more...
"“Connected to the phenomenon of silent communication is a concept called chumfo. Long learned about it from an African tribe, and it seems to mesh..." more...
"“Traditionally, the republican school, born of the French Revolution, was the breeding ground for citizens. The shift from these schools is another..." more...
"“In a 45-minute-long interview, Mr. Sugule expounded on everything from what the pirates want — ‘just money’ — to why they were doing this..." more...
"Well, Senator McCain can stop worrying about his son not living up to his legacy – Jack’s gotten himself into trouble, or has gotten “fried”..." more...
"A rock and roll classic popularized by Fats Domino, who recorded it in 1956. The song was written in 1940 by Vincent Rose, and had been recorded by..." more...
"Most of the young Masters already have their own personal nut free and clear. “Nut” is the term for the amount of money you need salted away in..." more...
"If all hell broke loose and Goldman's clients could not pay it a cent in compensation, the firm has sequestered its own Fort Knox, the so-called..." more...
"Mr. Blankfein, an inveterate worrier, beefed up his books in part by stashing more than $100 billion in cash and short-term, highly liquid..." more...
"Mr. Paulson, in Congressional testimony last week, had also expressed support for provisions to limit the pay of executives whose firms seek..." more...
"But with conservative Republicans denouncing the plan as an affront to free market capitalism and some liberal Democrats criticizing it as a..." more...
"The positioning was in keeping with what is now a quadrennial rite in which the campaigns go full bore to convince the news media, and ultimately..." more...
"What seems most remarkable in this Woodward book is exactly what seemed remarkable in the previous Woodward books, each of which was presented as..." more...
"The D-Day Dodgers is a term for those Allied servicemen who fought in Italy during the Second World War, which also inspired a popular wartime..." more...
"Hey everybody, thanks for all the great suggestions lately. I won't be able to work on Wordie at all at least until after the election, but wanted to..." more...
"I'm all for jacking up Wordie, and while I've alway enjoyed the f-bomb, especially as young lad, I'm happy to help you keep the mystery alive, or..." more...
"The government is clearly hoping to reap a major public relations coup, both internationally and domestically, with the flight of the Shenzhou V. If..." more...
"We stopped in the nearby McCain office in Thornton, and an organizer and several volunteers made dials. While they were diligently going about the..." more...
"May marks the peak of New York City's 'floater season' -- the springtime surfacing of bodies in the city's rivers. Nearly a quarter of the bodies..." more...
"'We will not be dilatory, we will not add extra amendments, we will not Christmas-tree this bill,' Mr. Schumer, Democrat of New York, said, a..." more...
"I don’t agree with those muttering darkly that the picture of Gov. Sarah Palin with a perky smile and shapely gams posing with a pleased Henry..." more...
"In high-profile contests where one of the major party candidates is black, pre-election telephone polls have often been wrong, overstating the..." more...
"A Rovian political strategy by definition means all slime, all the time. But the more crucial Rove game plan is to envelop the entire presidential..." more...
"I did, though the typo was in the original article. I cut and pasted, and didn't notice until you pointed it out. Guess I'll list both, rather than..." more...
"“Then, there is the pendulum turn, also known as the ‘Scandinavian flick’ (sic), in which the driver points the car in the wrong direction,..." more...
"“A growing number of women in Britain have become fascinated with lifelike baby dolls known as Reborns. These dolls have beating hearts; they are..." more...
"“Then, there is the pendulum turn, also known as the ‘Scandanavian flick’(sic), in which the driver points the car in the wrong direction, then..." more...
"The creature, modelled by sculptor Matthew Sanderson, was inspired by medieval armour and gradually became more ominous: part-lizard, part-stag..." more...
"In a country where the sexes are rigorously separated, where topics like sex and race are rarely discussed openly and where a strict code of public..." more...
"Or it contains doubles. If I remember correctly, stpeter wrote a script to load all his words in one fell swoop. It took down the site, and maybe..." more...
"That's up to you really. There's a comment box on every word and list, as you see, and you can use it for whatever you want. Probably the majority of..." more...
"Vote caging is a little-known but pernicious technique. Political operatives mail letters to voters, targeting areas where the opposing party is..." more...
"Phenology is the science of natural occurrences, yearly events like the first snow, the first blooming of hepatica and the arrival of the first..." more...
"The amount of power Dhanju was describing, Mandelstam knew from Kempton, was but a small fraction of an even larger resource along what’s known as..." more...
"What we call the position in which our daughter sleeps. She lies on her back with her arms perpendicular to her body and fully extended, her head..." more...
"Today, the West is not the federal economic colony it once was. Nor is it the uncrowded rural paradise of lore. In fact, it has long been the most..." more...
"Wing fences, also known as boundary layer fences and potential fences are fixed aerodynamic devices attached to aircraft wings. Not to be confused..." more...
"Free-trade advocates also complain, saying that a private business has used the shelter of the federal sugar program, created in the Depression to..." more...
"“As Google defines it, landing page quality includes a series of attributes — loading speed, user friendliness, relevancy, originality and dozens..." more...
"Many of the partygoers use their online nicknames exclusively, and some of the wildest events are dominated by teenagers who call themselves the..." more...
"Even sooner, by 1989 or thereabouts, bands of tech-savvy sexual explorers were finding each other on Usenet, an all-text, no-pictures corner of the..." more...
"In addition, the report alleges that eight royalty-program officials accepted gifts from energy companies whose value exceeded limits set by ethics..." more...
