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Writing the news before it happens
Robert Novak, in his syndicated column notes the following rather ominously:
The expense of such an intervention is not a problem because the Fed, unlike the president and Congress, can print money. The Bear Stearns bailout, approved in private by unelected officials, contributes to paranoid grievances on the left and right that built support for Ron […] -
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Neologism—Petrino
12.17.07 | Permalink | 3 Commentspetrino. v. 1. To cut and run. Asked about U. S. Iraq strategy, Cheney said, ‘We are not going to petrino in this situation.’ 2. To treat a constituency with the utmost disrespect. What an ugly breakup! Brad sure petrinoed Jennifer. 3. To act with supreme self-interest. I haven’t seen anyone petrino that well since Larry Craig.
