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...early-morning trading. Investors liked the announcement, which replaced an earlier, less-aggressive plan to shutter just 100 shops. "The first step is admitting you have a problem," John Glass, an analyst at Morgan Stanley, wrote in a research note. He estimated that closing the 600 stores could boost U.S. operating margins by at least 1 percentage point...
Obama's Image At a time when America's economic might and political credibility are faltering, Obama's ascendancy [June 16] is a boost. It is comforting to see that America is still a beacon when we aspire to a fair society where color and race don't matter. Tsai King-Hang, HONG KONG...
...proposals for ways to encourage development of alternative energy is helping him look strong and proactive on an issue that might otherwise benefit the Democrat. And, of course, the Administration's surprising deal with North Korea over the disclosure of its nuclear activities has the potential to give a boost to President George W. Bush's dismal poll ratings, which weigh like an anchor on McCain's campaign...
...concept of tilling one's front yard is not a new one. In 1942, as the U.S. emerged from the Great Depression and mobilized for World War II, Agriculture Secretary Claude R. Wickard encouraged Americans to plant "Victory Gardens" to boost civic morale and relieve the war's pressure on food supplies - an idea first introduced during The Great War and picked up by Canada, the U.S. and Great Britain. The slogan became "Have Your Garden, and Eat It Too." Soon gardens began popping up everywhere, and not just American lawns - plots sprouted up at the Chicago County Jail...
...drama of the game got a boost when powerful electrical storms knocked out broadcasts for more than six minutes during the second half across most of Central Europe. In Berlin, fans at a Kreuzberg beer garden where both Turks and Germans had gathered to watch the game on an outdoor screen huddled around their mobile phones to follow the game on the tiny radios...