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With foreigners sending less money to the U.S. and Americans making more investments abroad, the dollar has slid 11% against major currencies since April 1. Famed hedge-fund manager and currency speculator George Soros says the buck could fall an additional 33%. "We're at a tipping point of whether foreigners take a massive stake out of the U.S.," says Joseph Quinlan, senior global economist at Morgan Stanley. "If you have another accounting issue along with weaker than expected growth and poor profitability, then you may see a vicious circle." The next in the series. --With reporting by Alice Jackson...
...last world war, beginning with the massing of the Antichrist's armies in northern Israel and ending with Christ's ascent on the Mount of Olives near Jerusalem. Jenkins skillfully filters the outlines that LaHaye provides through the adventures of heroes Rayford Steele, a pilot, and Cameron ("Buck") Williams, who starts out Left Behind as a 30-year-old virgin and senior writer for TIME's fictional competitor Global Weekly. Their mission is to help nonbelievers accept Christ during the rise of the Antichrist. This ultimate villain does his best to kill as many of the new Christians as possible...
...Louis Cardinals; of unknown causes; in a hotel room in Chicago, where the team was to play the Cubs. Kile died four days after leading his team to first place in the National League Central--the second of two blows to the Cardinals last week (see Jack Buck...
DIED. JACK BUCK, 77, beloved voice of baseball's St. Louis Cardinals for nearly a half-century; in St. Louis. Among the gravelly voiced Hall of Famer's most memorable calls: in 1998, when Mark McGwire tied Roger Maris' single-season record of 61 home runs, Buck exclaimed, "Flight 61, headed for planet Maris...
...Those who teach the big intro science courses during the summer are the same ones who teach them during the year,” Buck said...