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...only to revert to belligerence and isolation. But the Bush Administration and experts in Seoul seem to believe things will be different this time. One of the South's foremost North Korea watchers, Koh Yu Hwan of Seoul's Dongguk University, says Kim has "already decided that grand bargain" - nukes for economic aid - "is in his interest." Koh, who met recently with the head of the North's intelligence service, says the country's economy is so shaky that without "some significant economic reform, [Kim's] regime could face real difficulty...
...reverse side of the strong loonie, the $1 Canadian coin that gets its name from the lake bird pictured on it. Canadians have been pouring over the border to bargain hunt, and the unemployment rate hit a 33-year low of 5.8% in October, owing to gains in the natural resource and service sectors. But the world's eighth largest economy has lost 329,800 manufacturing jobs since the Canadian dollar began its marathon climb five years ago. From an all-time low of 62˘ in 2002, the turbocharged loonie shot past the U.S. greenback for the first time...
...Bargainers make a deal with white Americans that gives whites the benefit of the doubt: I will not rub America's history of racism in your face, if you will not hold my race against me. Especially in our era of political correctness, whites are inevitably grateful for this bargain that spares them the shame of America's racist past. They respond to bargainers with gratitude, warmth, and even affection. This "gratitude factor" can bring the black bargainer great popularity. Oprah Winfrey is the most visible bargainer in America today...
...odyssey with Christianity began last summer at Wal-Mart, when I saw a teen New Testament amongst the romance novels and bargain blenders. Since I’m Jewish, I’d never gotten to read the Holy Bible and was quite curious. Sadly, it lacked a barcode; the cashier wasn’t able to sell it to me despite her declaration that not owning it “was a shame, because that’s one good book to have.” I took her words to heart and began my quest to understand...
...relative bargain because utilities can make the technology work using their existing infrastructure--lines that already reach virtually every home in America. There's no need to make major capital improvements in order to launch, so they can charge less and still turn a profit. Providers say they will price BPL service to be competitive with DSL: about $30 to $40 a month. Cable-modem service is often more expensive (and practically exorbitant if you don't have cable...