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• University architecture reflects freemason legacy

  
  Student Life — Authority: 603
  Graham Chapel is filled with the influence of the Freemasons. The pillars, King Solomon in the eastern window, and the hexagrams in the windows are all symbols of Freemasonry. (Matt Lee | Student Life) With lore about the Freemasons sensationalized in novelist Dan Brown’s latest book, “The Lost Symbol,” ...
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• Frenemies

  
  The New Republic - Health Care Feed — Authority: 753
  Last week’s U.S.-EU annual summit differed from its predecessors in ways that fuel the perception on the other side of the Atlantic that Barack Obama is just not that interested in Europe. First, there was the venue of the opening lunch: Blair House, the government’s official guest house, not the usual White ...
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• Carbon Footprint Study: 100 Largest U.S. Cities Look To Public Transit As Key

  
  BASIL & SPICE--LIVING GREEN! — Authority: 129
  Michael Grosvenor-- Finally, we seem to be getting a better handle on the influential role that urban form plays in contributing to the global environmental crisis. The sooner decision makers realize that where we live and what we live in is fundamental to how much greenhouse gas we personally emit (the suburban ...
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• NevBio and CEO-CFO Rec’s Brookings Talk on Automotive Fuel – Nov 12

  
  Nevada's Center for Entrepreneurship and Technology - Nevada's Business Starts Here — Authority: 136
  NevBio and CEO-CFO Group Recommends:   “Automotive Fuel Economy and American Politics” Dr. Pietro Nivola, Brookings Scholar Free Lecture Thursday, November 12th at 5:30 PM to 6:30 PM UNLV’ s New Science & Engineering Bldg Auditorium (Near Ham Hall) No Charge – Public Lecture -4505 S. ...
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• WHAT’S THE REAL COST OF GLOBAL WARMING TAXES?, BY: DENNIS T. AVERY

  
  Center for Global Food Issues — Authority: 103
  CHURCHVILLE, VA—The leftish Brookings Institution and the U. S. Chamber of Commerce basically agree that the energy taxes in the House Waxman-Markey bill could total $9 trillion over ten years. As an economist, I look at these forecasts and wonder “How can we possibly know?”      These estimates ...
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• Housing Rebound? Not So Fast

  
  War On You: Breaking Alternative News — Authority: 571
  Housing Rebound? Not So Fast by Mike Whitney / November 2nd, 2009 Senate Democrats are a dogged bunch. And they’re not easily deterred from their primary duty of kowtowing the big banks. Case in point, the first-time home-buyer tax credit, the controversial bill which provides an $8,000 tax credit (re: subsidy) ...
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• MacArthur says it bucks on-time trend

  
  Long Island Business News — Authority: 446
  Officials at Long Island  MacArthur Airport are not happy with the Brookings Institution.In a recent report on air travel trends, the Washington-based think tank crammed LIMA in with LaGuardia, Newark and John F. Kennedy International Airports in analyzing airport congestion, cancellations and delays.Not fair, said ...
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• Well-Intentioned Brookings Report Falls Short on Solutions

  
  The LA Progressive — Authority: 439
  If the Brookings/Kenan report proves one thing, it is that immigration policy is extremely complex, and even the best intentions could have harmful unintended consequences. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
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• America’s 100 Largest Metro Economies

  
  Wall Street Pit — Authority: 638
  Alternative graph with California on the right axis:BUSINESS WEEK (”The U.S. Metros Least Touched by Recession”) - America’s strongest economies have one thing in common — home prices that never got too hot or too cold (see charts above comparing the home price index in...
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• CBO To Join Heritage Answering Committee’s Questions

  
  The Foundry — Authority: 768
  Several weeks ago we received a letter from Chairman Henry Waxman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee requesting information concerning our economic modeling of H.R. 2454, the American Clean Energy and Security Act. We quickly responded ( our answers are available here ). Several other organizations and ...
  3 weeks ago

• B.R. shows construction edge over N.O. again

  
  The CityBusiness Blog — Authority: 425
  By Christian Moises, News Editor Once again, Baton Rouge’s construction industry and the employment that comes from it is being spotlighted. A BusinessWeek online article published Thursday listed Baton Rouge as the sixth strongest economy nationwide. The publication used data and analysis from the Brookings ...
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• Washington divided, more trouble ahead for Obama?

  
  Front Row Washington — Authority: 691
  Washington insiders says that not since the 1890s have the people that represent the U.S. been so divided. From Gay rights to Afghanistan lawmakers are at polar opposites on issues that are on the Obama administrations agenda. Whats next? And, whats likely to get the green light, and, in many cases, likely, the stop ...
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• Washington divided, more trouble ahead for Obama?

  
  Summit Notebook — Authority: 499
  Washington insiders says that not since the 1890’s have the people that represent the U.S. been so divided. From Gay rights to Afghanistan lawmakers are at polar opposites on issues that are on the Obama administration’s agenda. What’s next? And, what’s likely to get the green light, and, in many cases, ...
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• Pak will cozy up to Taliban if US exits Afghanistan, warns expert

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 710
  Washington, Oct.18 (ANI): With the recent spate of blatant terror attacks in Pakistan suddenly showing the resilience of the Taliban despite the loss of their leader, experts have warned that if the United States pulled out of Afghanistan, Pakistan will make a deal with the outfit, with grave consequences for the ...
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• Afghanistan: Hawk aligns with liberals

  
  BeltwayBlips - Top Political News, Videos, and Blogs — Authority: 557
  by Paul Richter Rep. Jane Harman (D-Calif.), often hawkish on national security issues, is lining up with liberal Democrats against any further combat troop increases in Afghanistan. Harman, a longtime Intelligence Committee member, told a Brookings Institution gathering today that any ... Matthew Yglesias found ...
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• Pak will cozy up to Taliban if US exits Afghanistan, warns expert

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 710
  Washington, Oct.17 (ANI): With the recent spate of blatant terror attacks in Pakistan suddenly showing the resilience of the Taliban despite the loss of their leader, experts have warned that if the United States pulled out of Afghanistan, Pakistan will make a deal with the outfit, with grave consequences for the ...
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• Curriculum: More Reform for Less Money

  
  The Core Knowledge Blog — Authority: 131
  From Day One, among this blog’s raisons d’être has been to say to ed reformers of  every stripe “don’t forget curriculum.”  So it’s great to hear Brookings’ Russ Whitehurst say the same thing–and with cold, hard data to back it up.   In his latest Letter on Education, Whitehurst lays out an ...
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• Remaking the urban core

  
  The Mediavore — Authority: 510
  Listen live at 12pm ET/9am PT Ostensibly, this discussion is about the future of Seattle, but we expect much of it will apply to large American cities, generally, and that’s why we’re recommending it. Seattle’s struggles are similar to many other cities – revitalizing the urban core, controlling and ...
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• Sacramento regional economy ranks low in Brookings study

  
  I-Tool Tips — Authority: 125
    Every quarter Brookings issues a report examining the health of the nations 100 largest metropolitan economies. MetroMonitor considers "trends in metropolitan-level employment, output, and housing conditions to look beneath the hood of national economic statistics to portray the diverse metropolitan ...
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• Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke says the recession is over

  
  George S. May Business Blog — Authority: 134
  Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke recently gave a question and answer session at Brookings Institution.According to sources who were present, the Fed Chairman’s overall outlook on the state of he economy was “cautiously more upbeat”. In fact Bernanke flat out said, “We are in a recovery” as opposed to ...
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