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This is not to say the economy is headed for trouble. The recession ended on Feb. 25 (the day I bought a brand-new Chrysler LeBaron convertible), and there's reason to think business may boom in the year ahead (I have my eye on a new computer). But while that's good news for Main Street, it's almost surely already been discounted by the market. Could stocks have climbed so high without expectations the recession would end? And it also means interest rates may one day edge back...
...those of you have seen this play elsewhere, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat at Kirkland House deserves a second view. And for first-time viewers, get ready to take a brand-new, contemporary look at the Bible's story of Joseph...
...Alene Greyhound Park in Post Falls, Idaho. The dogs had returned to their kennels. The boisterous stands had nearly emptied. Custodian Lou Tonani was making his usual rounds when he happened upon an old man in a wheelchair, a bag of diapers dangling by his side. He wore a brand-new sweatsuit, blue bedroom slippers and a baseball cap emblazoned with the words PROUD TO BE AMERICAN. Twin typewritten notes, carefully taped to opposite sides of the wheelchair, identified him as "John King," a retired farmer suffering from Alzheimer's disease and requiring round-the-clock nursing care. All labels...
...adopted, Quebec scheduled a referendum on its future for October of this year. The federal government is working on a new batch of compromises, which should be ready for national discussion in April. Beyond this hurdle is the next general election, which must be held no later than 1993, and which may see Canadian politics fragmented into five parties -- Mulroney's Progressive Conservatives, the opposition Liberals, the socialist New Democratic Party, the Bloc Quebecois and the brand-new Reform Party, a rebellion of westerners whose slogan is "We Want...
...past few months Kreimer has patiently waited for the money. Paying a $3.25 bill at a local store, he withdraws a crisp $20 note from a brand-new wallet. The billfold, he says, is "from an admirer." He may soon need a second wallet. Kreimer's lawyer is negotiating another cash settlement, stemming from the separate First Amendment suit now under appeal...