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...former governor, Bush has been rather insensitive to the states? and cities? needs, mostly because he believes they dug themselves into this mess. Administration officials argue that during the boom years of the ?90s, the governments expanded services to unsustainable levels. They?ve got a point- state and city Democrats and Republicans alike cut taxes and increased spending at the same time. Now it?s time for the hangover. Still, Bush shouldn?t be so cocky on this subject. He?s also cutting taxes and raising spending, but he gets to run a deficit - a luxury states and cities...
...physics, is merely a means to the end of scaring the bejesus out of players. Easily the most terrifying creature is the Stalker, a War of the Worlds--style giant with 50-ft. legs and the ability to suck in reality itself and exhale it in an earsplitting sonic boom. You would be well advised to start running in the opposite direction...
...high on the Frankfurt exchange of €92.50 in June. Then demand for semiconductors slumped, and Infineon hit a slick of red ink as losses mounted over the next two years. The company's share price has fallen more than 90% to around €7. That boom and bust story - minus the racing car - is true for companies across the semiconductor industry, which has been mired in the worst economic slump in its history. Semiconductors are the fuel of the modern world of communications; they run everything from your computer to the airbag in your car. They are also...
Second-year YLS student Inayat H. Delawala was studying for an exam on the third floor of the building, directly above the classroom, when he said he heard a “thunderous boom that just reverberated down the reading room...
...with innovative products and sales pitches. A change in Japan's tax laws has encouraged small and midsize kura to produce more profitable, premium sake, a move that has ignited the current fad for jizake, or local sake. And kura big and small see potential abroad, where a sake boom has stepped up demand. Despite its troubles?or perhaps because of them?the industry is producing its best sake ever...