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...Sports do benefit from a buffer against recession. Leagues are in the midst of long-term television-rights deals whose terms are already locked in (baseball, for example, has a contract with Fox, TBS and ESPN that expires in 2013). And there are some positive economic indicators. New York Mets vice president David Howard says the 49 luxury boxes for the team's new stadium, which are priced between $250,000 and $500,000, have already sold out. That's an impressive achievement, given the bad economy and the team's second straight horrific collapse down the stretch...
...some issues adjusting the mask at the bridge of my nose for total darkness. While the two ear "pillows" - both detachable and adjustable - are intended to block sound, I was glad the package came with real ear plugs. The fleece-covered foam cushions did offer a slight additional buffer to noise, however, and they were definitely pillow-like - perfect for those awkward head leans on planes, trains and automobiles. Price: from...
RUSSIA PULLS OUT Russian troops dismantled their checkpoints and camps in Georgia, preparing to withdraw from buffer zones near the breakaway regions of South Ossetia and Abkhazia. A deal brokered by French President Nicolas Sarkozy and monitored by E.U. peacekeepers set an Oct. 10 deadline for Russia to return the zones to Georgia. Despite a bomb in South Ossetia's capital that threatened to disrupt the withdrawal, Russian forces continued as planned...
...pumps almost at will, says Song Seng Wun, regional economist at CIMB-GK Research in Singapore. "They all face the downturn with a few more bullets in their pocket than they had in the past," he says. The high growth rates of the past several years provide an additional buffer. With the exception of slow-growing Japan, which may already be in a recession, Asian countries will likely account for the majority of the world's GDP growth this year...
...history of the rocky, Los Angeles-sized plateau, strategically nestled between Lebanon, Syria, Israel and Jordan, traces back to biblical times. From 953-586 B.C. the Golan Heights was both a buffer zone and a contested area for the ancient Kingdom of Israel and the Aramean Kingdom in Damascus...