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...summer is normally a bit of a break, even for the downhearted. This summer won't be like that for most Americans. It will be an anxious four months as people watch the infrequent signals that may tell them how 2009 will end. It is a bit like Greek seers interpreting the flights of bird patterns for information about the future...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Summer 2009: The Long Wait for Evidence of a Recovery | 5/26/2009 | See Source »

...will become a $1 trillion economy and will be better placed than the rest in the region to capitalize on its knowledge and strengths. During the boom years, some critics said Saudi Arabia should become more like Dubai. Now the rest of the region might want to become a bit more like Saudi Arabia...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Saudi Arabia's Lessons Learned | 5/25/2009 | See Source »

...words, a "tax cut - for 95% of working families." Call it the audacity of sophistry. If, as the President claims, his election was a mandate for a larger public sector, then would not the honest and responsible move be to ask everybody to pay at least a little bit more? Is a taxpayer making $95,000 a year such a delicate Fabergé egg that he or she cannot chip in an extra $750 a year to help pay for this huge new public sector and all the benefits it promises...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Sacrifice Gap | 5/25/2009 | See Source »

...appropriate use of their funds," says Niall Trimble, director of The Energy Contract Company, a consulting company based in England. "In order to rebuild relations, Russia needs a period of uninterrupted supply for a significant time. Action always speaks louder than words and the Russians do have a little bit of work...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: No Gas Deal at the E.U.-Russia Summit | 5/23/2009 | See Source »

...told that I shall not touch the exam. A little bit like Gandalf in the Lord of the Rings—‘You shall not pass!’†Marshall said...

Author: By Wendy H. Chang and Manning Ding, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERSS | Title: Exam Proctors React to Job Cuts | 5/22/2009 | See Source »

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