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...from cigarette smoke; the dark red carpet holds flakes from peanuts and popcorn. McCain stands at the front of the room with a row of grim, mostly gray, men behind him. This is the group of Vietnam veterans who have been traveling with him; they're here both to boost the campaign's morale and to help McCain work the military-heavy crowds. But they also bear inadvertent witness to a theme McCain is reluctant to engage with directly: the creeping parallels between this unpopular war and theirs...
...mess. The massive trade surpluses of Asian countries have accumulated, in large part, in the coffers of the region's central banks. These reserves have been invested primarily in U.S. Treasury debt and other low-risk securities. As the reserves have swelled, there has been a growing call to boost the returns generated by these large stocks of assets. Asian private capital is also accumulating rapidly and can be put to work. Because of these developments, Asian countries possess an extraordinary reservoir of money to allocate to new investments...
...Bronx, N.Y., co-sponsored by the Civic Education Project and Northwestern University. I fell in love with City Year, Teach for America and the Harlem Children's Zone during that amazing, eye-opening week. I hope that our national leaders will integrate service opportunities into our government and thus boost national pride...
...years ago, Cronenberg's lagging career got a boost with A History of Violence, a project, based on a graphic novel, that this total filmmaker joined as director only. The tale of a small-town businessman (Viggo Mortensen) whom some visiting thugs say is a mob enforcer back in the big city, and the effect this has on his family, A History of Violence earned a heap of critics' prizes and two Oscar nominations. Now Cronenberg is, for the moment, a helmer for hire. His new film, which opens this Friday in some U.S. cities, was written by Steve Knight...
Another big boost was the return of junior John Stamatis. Stamatis, who missed the opener with an injury, returned to the lineup late in the first half. His combination play and movement up top kept the Maine defenders busy...