Word: blockings
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...first and most obvious thing to be said is that this represents a big stumbling block for Republican John McCain. He's not the incumbent, so the "four years ago" line doesn't apply directly to him. But history shows that slow economic growth is among the best predictors of a change in party control of the White House - and right now the economy is barely growing...
...that was badly damaged by the May 12 earthquake that devastated parts of Sichuan province and reverberated across China. Residents of the town step around Zhang's corpse, watching idly as a backhoe moves rubble from a collapsed apartment building across the street. At the other corner of the block paramilitary soldiers in green uniforms climb over another flattened building, removing debris and searching for survivors inside. Beside Zhang's body lies another. This one is claimed. Family members dressed in white, the color of mourning in China, burn offerings and load the body into...
...scene that repeats itself across this city of 600,000, located 31 miles (50 km) west of the Sichuan provincial capital of Chengdu. Here, where the Sichuan plain meets the foothills of the Himalayas, at least two schools and one hospital suffered severe damage during the quake. Down the block from the elementary school, another group has gathered outside the Dujiangyan City Chinese Medicine Hospital that partially collapsed during the quake, trapping more than 100 patients. One woman, who wouldn't give her name, says her father was being treated in the hospital when the May 12 quake...
...Russia's resurgent strength than the arms of the moribund Russia Army. But even the rattling of a rusty saber served the political point of reminding NATO-friendly neighbors like Georgia and Ukraine, as well as other ex-Soviet Republics, who is still the big guy on the block. Still, with the price of bread and other foodstuffs skyrocketing, there was some grumbling about the circus. The popular Moscow daily Moskovski Komsomolets calculated that the cost of today's military parade could have bought the city of Moscow 25 badly needed new nursery schools...
...fuss was about. Local businesses, however, were more optimistic about the prospect of crowds overflowing into their own stores. “It’ll probably bring people from out of the neighborhood,” said Colin G. Quinn, of Best Cellars wine shop, which is one block away. Likewise, Lisa D. Boch, a sales associate at Crate & Barrel, said she thought the Apple Store will be good for business. “It’ll be so great for the city,” she said. “[Apple customers] are like our customers: modern...