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July 2008: Packed
“Report Faults Aides in Hiring at Justice Dept.,” The New York Times, July 29, 2008.

Senior aides to former Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales broke Civil Service laws by using politics to guide their hiring decisions, picking less-qualified applicants for important nonpolitical positions, slowing the... ...; Magic Bullets and Grassy Knolls
“Nov. 22, 1963,” The Washington Post, July 24, 2008.

Max Holland, who appears to be coherent, is in his book-lined study, just off the kitchen in his house in Silver Spring. He's going over the Zapruder film. Again. And again. And . . .

Birds are chirping outside.... ...; Actually, It’s “Drill, Baby, Drill!”
“Feds To Sell Controversial Slope Leases,” Anchorage Daily News, July 16, 2008.

The federal government intends to hold a major oil and gas lease sale this fall in portions of the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska, officials in Washington, D.C., announced today.

The Bureau of Land Management, which acts as... ...; Beer-y Goodness
“InBev and Anheuser-Busch Agree to Combine, Creating the Global Leader in Beer with Budweiser as its Flagship Brand,” InBev Press Release, July 14, 2008.

InBev and Anheuser-Busch today announced an agreement to combine the two companies, forming the world's leading global brewer. Anheuser-Busch shareholders will receive $70 per share in... ...; The Frenchman’s Plan
“A Vision of Washington With Unfettered Views,” The Washington Post, July 10, 2008.

Imagine the drab fortress of the FBI building gone, the freeways and ramps around the Kennedy Center covered by parks and boulevards, and a Metro stop near the Jefferson Memorial.

Picture the middle section of... ...; Together We Cannot Fail
“Fed Chair Says U.S. Economy Needs New Regulatory System,” The Washington Post, July 8, 2008.

The government should create a new system to ensure that major financial firms can fail without creating risks for the larger economy, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke said today, in a sweeping... ...; Brutes No More
“Independence Day. Really?” by Tod Robberson, The Dallas Morning News, July 1, 2008.

So, we're coming up on Independence Day. Gasoline prices in our area are tickling the $4-a-gallon mark. They're much higher elsewhere in the country. The dollar, which ruled the world back in the 1980s and... ...; Playing by the Rules
“Leveraged Buy-outs: Private Investigations,” The Economist, July 3, 2008.

IN FINANCE, as in Greek tragedy, one of the commonest pairings is between hubris and sheer, toe-curling folly. In the boom years of 2006-07 nothing, it seemed, could constrain the leveraged buy-out (LBO) industry. In 24 months it pulled... ...; Lost in the Cloud
“The End of Theory: The Data Deluge Makes the Scientific Method Obsolete,” by Chris Anderson, Wired, July 2008.

Sixty years ago, digital computers made information readable. Twenty years ago, the Internet made it reachable. Ten years ago, the first search engine crawlers made it a single database. Now... ...

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