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Amity Shlaes -- Rahm Emanuel set the tone for the Obama era when, just after the election, he made his famous statement that a crisis should never go to waste. His underlying assumption might be called the Emanuel Postulate: It’s easier to win electoral support for so-called progressive reforms in a crisis.

Date: 2009-07-21 02:53 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] http://users.livejournal.com/_moss/
"so-called progressive" здесь, кажется, лишнее.

Date: 2009-07-21 03:01 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] birdwatcher.livejournal.com
"his underlying assumption"