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...late 18th century France, the plot revolves around two protagonists: La Marquise de Merteuil (Alison Weller) and le Vicomte de Valmont (Tom Hughes). Love and Revenge are their favorite games. When successful conquests bolster this pride, it gets beyond their control. They sacrifice all for the preservation of this lethal trait...
...economy has some real strengths that could bolster the recovery. Inflation is running at a modest 3% pace and shows no signs of heating up anytime soon. Consumers and companies have seized the chance to lighten their debt loads by refinancing them at lower interest rates. Companies have also charged into the bull market for stocks to raise cash and pay off IOUs. Corporate America sold a record $55 billion worth of new shares last year to help clean up its balance sheet...
...Japan spell trouble for the fragile American economy? Last year American companies shipped $48.1 billion worth of goods to Japan, making it the second largest U.S. export market. A recession in Japan could hurt the recovery by slowing demand for American products. In addition, Japanese businesses could try to bolster sagging domestic profits by aggressively selling more products overseas, an action that would surely worsen trade tensions. Finally, since Japan helps finance the U.S. budget deficit, some fear that a significant curtailment of Japanese investments in the U.S. could drive interest rates higher...
Campaigning in the oil patch last week, President Bush responded to the plight -- and political anger -- of natural-gas producers by taking steps to bolster demand. He removed regulatory barriers that have hampered utilities from converting power plants fueled by coal and oil to natural gas. At the same time, Bush lessened restrictions on the sale of compressed natural gas for cars and other vehicles. In Washington, Energy Secretary James Watkins declared, "The worst thing we could do is allow our oil and gas industries to decline the way we have...
...Yeltsin succeeds, a democratic Russia will integrate itself into the West. It will bolster European stability, cooperate with Western powers in far-flung crises and enhance prosperity through trade. If he fails, a new despotism will arise based on extremist Russian nationalism. This could trigger war among the former Soviet republics, force the West to rearm, threaten Eastern Europe's security, relieve pressures in China for political reform and lead to sales of Russian arms and military technology to rogue states such as Iraq, Syria, Iran, Libya and North Korea...