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...question is how badly these forecasts may be knocked askew by the ongoing Asian economic tempest. Henry Kaufman, one of Wall Street's most respected financial analysts, wryly notes that economists most often "forecast usual events because we all have experience" with them. But the Asian breakdown is far outside that experience. "We've gone over 60 years since we've had this kind of a massive disruption...
...road that wound through 100-ft. redwoods and past a splashing stream. Then the winter rains started. Toward the end of January, the couple's driveway had started to heave. A week later, the house began to torque and twist so that windows cracked and doors hung askew. "You'd better get out," city inspectors advised. Within two hours, the Ragsdales and two dozen friends started filing in and out of the house like ants, loading a truck with the couple's possessions. A short time later, the Ragsdales were forced to demolish their house so that it would...
...stage of leukemia and the fact that his donor was not a complete match, having one different antigen, lowered the odds of Kuo's recovery. After Kuo's transplant operation on Dec. 10, Kuo had a brush with death. Near Christmas, his liver and kidney functions went almost fatally askew...
...cards on the table right off, shall we? There is something very bizarrely askew with the Loeb Main-stage's present production of Macbeth. In a show which otherwise seems to have all the right elements, Saturday's performance changed from Shakespearean tragedy into something just short of the bizarre with the attitude of the main player Macbeth himself...
These are actually the film's most believable plot elements. Try not to think about the bland detective who spouts quantum physics and the cleaning lady who plays a key role in the government's plan. The movie doesn't operate in the real world; everything is slightly askew...