Word: bernard
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...Bernard Baumohl: Well, they look around and see the U.S. and the rest of the world slowing down economically, and they expect demand for oil to slow along with the global economy. So to avoid a glut that could push down oil prices, they're cutting back to keep prices at a level where they still turn a healthy profit...
...Bernard Baumohl: Well, it's something that could still change, but after February's Michigan numbers, which were revised up, I count this as the second straight rise in consumer confidence after several months' slide. It seems to suggest that perhaps the worst may be over in terms of consumer sentiment, which is critical to the length and breadth of this slowdown...
Turner, speaking to about 300 employees at a retirement party for CNN anchor Bernard Shaw, reportedly noticed ashes on an employee's forehead in honor of Ash Wednesday...
...restoration of Van Vechten within the world of American letters, although a helpful contribution to our conception of the ways in which literary history unfolds, is by no means the only theme of this book. This collection is first and foremost a biography of a friendship spanning four decades. Bernard's introductions to each section and helpful explanatory paragraphs help keep her story moving in a brisk and nearly suspenseful manner. Her careful annotations (which are thoughtfully formatted at the end of each letter instead of at the end of the book or at the end of each chapter) breathe...
...Bernard's main short-comings, it seems, stem from her most impressive achievements. Indeed, having so thoroughly placed this relationship within the context of the New York literary scene of the 1920s in the introduction, she then leaves the reader wondering where this correspondence fits within the context of each writer as correspondent in general: Was this a unique relationship to either writer? Are the themes and concerns discussed in these letters echoed in other correspondences? It would be interesting to consider how these issues played out in the larger story of the Harlem Renaissance. The questions raised...