Through the summer months Paulson, his aides like Ken Wilson in consort with Ben Bernanke and others were looking at alternative strategies for stabilizing Fannie Mae.

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Channeling Robert Wilson or Achim Freyer, Mr. Counts and choreographer Ken Roht set up tableaux and some slow gestures (rigid vs. fluid, with Faraone apparently signaling traffic and Elcia drawing serpentine arcs) and otherwise leave the characters to stand and sing.

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