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...exports are slowing?ominous for a trade-dependent economy. This is all unfavorable, too, for Kim's approval rating, now about 25%, down from more than 70% during his early days in office. The President's sinking popularity will make it harder to fix the economy and to bargain effectively with the North...
...often how good it can be to be connected in a world like this. They will do so tentatively, because in economics every action has an equal and opposite reaction - insurance companies will have the luxury of higher rates after this and Manhattan real estate might be a bargain for the future - and because this is still a scared new world and everyone will have bomb threats in the back of their minds...
That leaves Powell to tinker on the margins. He's not averse to walking away from the ABM treaty. He's for Rice's "grand bargain" to couple a new defense shield with way-low offensive arsenals. But he's at odds with the others on how and when to get out of the treaty. He would like to do it more delicately, while making a sincere effort to talk Russia into agreement...
...cream cones for dessert. Missed the foodie event of the year? Waters is offering her services on eBay, with proceeds going to her Chez Panisse Foundation for youth and community projects. Bids for a Waters-prepared dinner for eight start at $44,000. The anniversary dinner was a bargain...
...Israel's policy became to maintain a long-term occupation but begin settling tens of thousands of Israelis on swathes of territory seized from Palestinians in order to create "facts on the ground" - and, indeed, despite viewing these as entirely illegal, the Palestinians were nonetheless forced by Oslo to bargain over the fate of those settlements. And, in a situation much lamented by Israeli liberals, a state that prided itself on being the region's only democracy was forced into the Dr. Hyde role inevitably thrust onto any occupier...