"Some skeptics are calling Henry Paulson’s $700 billion rescue plan for the U.S. financial system “cash for trash.” Others are calling the proposed legislation the Authorization for Use of Financial Force, after the Authorization for Use of Military Force, the infamous bill that gave the Bush administration the green light to invade Iraq" - Nikhil Dandekar
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Ann and Nancy Wilson, headliners of Heart, demanded Friday that Republicans stop using their hit song "Barracuda" at rallies for vice presidential nominee Gov. Sarah Palin of Alaska.
It's the second time this year that GOP stage managers have found themselves in trouble for using music without a singer's permission. Jackson Browne has sued the Republican Party over the McCain campaign's use of his "Running on Empty." - Nikhil Dandekar
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"The only difference between Hollywood and Washington is that, while audiences understand Hollywood's leading men and women to be acting, this same ability to distinguish fantasy from fact disappears when the executive producer is Uncle Sam." - Nikhil Dandekar
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Its official name is now Mumbai, but, as the author points out, the city has always had "multiple aliases, as do gangsters and whores." Mehta, who lived there as a child, has a penchant for the city's most "morally compromised" inhabitants: the young Hindu mafiosi who calmly recollect burning Muslims alive during riots twelve years ago; the crooked policeman who stages "encounter killings" of hoods whose usefulness has expired; the bar girl, adorned with garlands of rupees, whose arms are scarred from suicide attempts. Mehta's brutal portrait of urban life derives its power from intimacy with his subjects. After clandestine meetings with some of Bombay's most wanted assassins, he notes, "I know their real names, what they like to eat, how they love, what their precise relationship is with God." - Nikhil Dandekar
Also, as Mr. Bindra's inspiring story shows, the lack of government support isn't killing India's private-sector Olympic spirit. India is increasingly producing its own ranks of self-made sporting greats -- such as Viswanathan Anand, the world chess champion. India has seen its greatest international sporting successes in cricket, a sport that's not administered by the government. - Nikhil Dandekar
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very cool.. Moscow 1980 does not have US and its allies in it and ???? 1984 does not have Russia in it Man the world was split into two halves then - Krishna Gade
Also worth noting is the steady decline of Germany over the years. - Nikhil Dandekar
What is the incentive for a mediocre cyclist, who probably won’t win the race, to “work” for his national teammate instead of his trade/ professional cycling teammate. - Nikhil Dandekar
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A 14-year-old boy shot and killed a hiker on Sauk Mountain in Skagit County Saturdray morning. He allegedly thought the woman was a bear. - Nikhil Dandekar
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The 14-year-old has been hunting for five years. You get a hunting license at 9 years old?? Bizarre.... - Nikhil Dandekar
.... researchers announced the theory was right - nearly. By studying billions of electronic messages, they worked out that any two strangers are, on average, distanced by precisely 6.6 degrees of separation. In other words, putting fractions to one side, you are linked by a string of seven or fewer acquaintances to Madonna, the Dalai Lama and the Queen. - Nikhil Dandekar
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Overall, a portfolio of the “good to great” companies looks like it would have underperformed the S&P 500......These business books are mostly backward-looking: what have companies done that has made them successful? The future is always hard to predict, and understanding the past is valuable; on the other hand, the implicit message of these business books is that the principles that these companies use not only have made them good in the past, but position them for continued success. - Nikhil Dandekar
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