When he was eleven, he won the state spelling championship and went to Washington to compete in the National Spelling Bee. He made it to the second round, but stumbled on the word “edelweiss,” an Alpine flower featured in “The Sound of Music.” He hadn’t seen the movie, because Dillon didn’t have a movie theatre.
Anatomy of a Meltdown - John Cassidy of The New Yorker - on “the Bernanke doctrine”. Silliness aside, it’s quite a piece of erudition, and worth the read, if you have the time.
Alternative headlines:
“Climb every bailout”
“Brown paper bailout packages tied up with string…”
“I am $700 billion, going on $2 trillion”
“I have confidence in Citi”
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