Bridges of America

Keep Congress Away From the Fed.(Federal Reserve Board)(Editorial)
U.S. News & World Report; 1/1/2010; 2230 words; ...must be "How soon they forget." It has been 30 years since America was in the grip of double-digit inflation, with seemingly...had collapsed. The smaller banks didn't have the means to bridge the gap. Understandably, households and businesses cut their...

Very Little Will Be Stirring as Year's Final Sessions Wind Down.(Investors & Investing)
The Bond Buyer; 12/28/2009; 1029 words; ...tax-exempt securities or as taxable debt through the Build America Bonds program. The district's financial adviser is Ross...notes issued for a pastiche of purposes, from repairing a bridge to buying software to renovating an ice skating rink. Proceeds...

Riding the waves of a father's legacy
International Herald Tribune; 12/26/2009; 1133 words; ...been more than a few tears along with the strong sense that bridges long avoided are now being crossed, reconnecting her to childhood...races or directing New Zealand's successful assault on the America's Cup. "I remember him calling from the middle of the ocean...

Rewilders want to establish big conservation areas
AP Worldstream; 12/26/2009; 903 words; ...where animals and plants can develop more freely. In North America, there's the Yellowstone to Yukon Initiative (Y2Y) that...area of Banff, Alberta, in Canada, it promotes specialized bridges and tunnels so wild animals can cross highways and move freely...

El Paso stays safe, though it's next to a war zone
AP Online; 12/25/2009; 1328 words; ...that same period and was recently named America's second-safest city of its size...protection money. "When you cross the bridge, you don't feel safety, you don...quot;She's fine when I cross the bridge," he