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...heating oil and gasoline in the U.S. are rising substantially, with gas prices expected to reach $1.80 or even $2 a gallon by the summer. Although the price rise is smaller than those of the 1970s, some worry that the increases will fuel inflation--or convince Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan to raise interest rates--and choke off the economy's growth...
...ALAN KEYES No more debates for Mr. Indignant now that "W" has cinched it. Time to practice mosh-pit dives...
...should start paying attention to this beleaguered industry. Because it's not really all that beleaguered. Banks long ago learned how to hedge their interest-rate risk. So margins aren't shrinking all that much or all that fast, and loan demand remains strong, as do earnings. Fed chief Alan Greenspan cryptically alluded to budding credit problems last week when he cautioned that bad loans get made in good times. But it was just a reminder. There's nothing pervasive out there like the speculative loans tied to real estate and emerging markets that brought bank stocks to their knees...
Aside or apart from the electronic buzz, Riding the Bullet is a better than average King chiller. The narrator, Alan Parker, looks back at the phone call he received while a student at the University of Maine, telling him his mother had been hospitalized with a stroke. Since his car is on the fritz, Alan must hitchhike the 120 miles from Orono to Lewiston to see her, and some awfully spooky things happen to him along the way, including getting a lift from a dead man. (Incidentally, this is King's first work since he was struck...
Reading King on a glowing screen is, in fact, an appropriately eerie experience. Citing his fear of the dark, Alan notes, "Even with a light on there are so many shadows." Riding the Bullet can be read with the light...