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...Conference Board survey today reporting that American consumers were less optimistic about their financial outlook in December is fueling concerns that the economy may be heading toward a downturn. "This is a troubling sign," says economics reporter Bernard Baumohl. "Since spending by consumers makes up more than two-thirds of U.S. economic activity, any dip in the level of their confidence can depress the economy. Consumers are clearly stressed out by being overextended and the perception that job prospects and income growth are very poor. The Federal Reserve Board will probably have to lower interest rates sometime early next year...
...What on earth has happened to those nice, compassionate Canadians? ... [Is this] the end of Canada's reputation for civility, tolerance and compromise? Are Canadians acquiring some of the survival-of-the-fittest traits for which they so often lambaste their American neighbors?" --The Boston Globe's misguided Bernard Simon, commenting on various levels of Canadian government cutbacks to control the national deficit
...think this is a do-able situation and it's the right thing to do to be going in there," said Bernard E. Trainor, adjunct lecturer in public policy and director of the National Security Program at the Kennedy School...
...mediocrity that plagues "Arms and the Man" lingers in the mind long after the show. George Bernard Shaw's uninteresting play and the actors' lack of skill dashed the production's chances for success. With tedious dialogue and a predictable story line, the viewer spends a lot of time wondering when the performance will...
...BERNARD JUPITER is having a hard time with the electronic cash register. As the machine beeps a warning, the sixtyish Jupiter, his watery blue eyes peering over half glasses, struggles to find the right key. "I'm sorry, sir," he says to the man on the other side of the counter, who appears to be waiting somewhat patiently for a burger and fries. "I just started working here...