Ten Words from Today's NY Times - October 17, 2012

President Obama and Mitt Romney engaged Tuesday in one of the most intensive clashes in a televised presidential debate, with tensions between them spilling out in interruptions, personal rebukes and accusations of lying as they parried over the last four years under Mr. Obama and what the next four would look like under a President Romney.

Mr. Obama, criticized by his own party for a lackluster debate performance two weeks ago, this time pressed an attack that allowed him to often dictate the terms of the debate.

It is a bit of conventional wisdom that undecided voters seek comity in their leaders.

But at other moments the verbal sparring took on a deeper, emotional resonance...

...new policy includes a caveat allowing the government to limit departures to “preserve the human capital created by the Revolution.”

Analysts say the government is encouraging a larger class of Cubans to travel...injecting capital into the island’s moribund economy.

Experts say fears of instability have often hampered the push for a rapid economic opening...

Others know, too, that he is speaking in Elyrian about glory, regret and maybe even the one subject that vexes through boom and bust: race.

Among those caught in the mayhem was Donna, 20 years old and living in a subsidized housing project.

She remembers the fledgling company winning over some clients because they held her husband in awe.