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Although not well known outside Wall Street, Freddie Mac and its corporate cousin, Fannie Mae, are two of the world's largest financial institutions and play a crucial role in the housing market.


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ALEX GUARNASCHELLI In England, it's a rare thing to see a player smoking but, all in all, I prefer that to an alcoh...
ALEX FERGUSON If mass media, social isolation in the suburbs, alienating workplaces and long car commutes create a...
ALEX STEFFEN What makes creative people tingle are interesting problems, the chance to impress their friends, and...
ALEX STEFFEN I try to give the music more of a campfire feel as opposed to a library atmosphere. I like when you ...
ALEX EBERT I, Alexander B. Campbell, make this statement of the cause of my death to relieve the coroner of the...
ALEX CAMPBELL The idea that talent is directly proportional to your trophy cabinet is one I oppose.
ALEX TURNER I just hope that as I get older, I calm down and enjoy the moment, enjoy the great gifts that God ha...
ALEX RODRIGUEZ Californians don't have that marvelous British cynicism, but then the British can be so patroniz...
ALEX KINGSTON The time I have already spent at Harvard has been a stimulating experience, and I look forward to de...
ALEX FERGUSON It stuns me how effective children can be in their messaging, and I believe that every child should ...
ALEX GUARNASCHELLI Although they might not admit it, I think girls are very aware of the impact that they're having...
ALEX KAPRANOS I want to have lots of bodyguards around me and be surrounded by beautiful women while watching my b...
ALEX PETTYFER I start warming up before training an hour before at the hotel. That's not because I feel old an...
ALEX MORGAN I was on the field praising quarterback Dan Fouts during a ceremony to retire his number. Boos began...
ALEX SPANOS The reason there is so little crime in Germany is that it's against the law.
ALEX LEVIN The Internet has made some phenomenal breakthroughs that are still only poorly understood in terms o...
ALEX STEFFEN Success is not the place one arrives, but rather the spirit with which one undertakes and continues ...
ALEX NOBLE Mounting tensions in Eastern Europe send shivers down the spine. Barely a quarter of a century after...
ALEX MORRITT I had never thought about playing volleyball until my freshman year, ... But Small stopped me in the...
ALEX NOBLE It started clicking then,
ALEX NOBLE Intimidation? Oh, gosh, I cried every day, ... I almost walked out the first day. One girl said I sh...
ALEX NOBLE Oh, the miraculous energy that flows between two people who care enough to get beyond surfaces and g...
ALEX NOBLE If I have been of service, if I have glimpsed more of the nature and essence of ultimate good, if I ...
ALEX NOBLE If I'd stayed up there I'd be out of a job now,
ALEX SANDERSON One step from the scrapheap, really.
ALEX SANDERSON