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WHAT HAPPENED: Ten years after its real estate bubble burst, the world's second-largest economy is a mess. Prices are falling, which means consumers won't buy, thinking goods will be cheaper next week. Banks are crushed by bad debts. Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi wants to reform the economy and let bankrupt firms go to the wall. Result: in the short term, more pain and record levels of unemployment...
...patient to remain awake, the doctor inserts a needle into the distended disk and is guided by an X-ray imaging system that reveals the needle's position at all times. A wandlike device is then threaded through the needle and into the disk. There it emits a burst of radio-frequency energy that heats and almost instantly vaporizes the excess tissue, providing in turn almost instant pain relief...
MOST LIKELY TO BURST A VESSEL HyperSonic XLC, Kings Dominion, Va. A pneumatic launcher blasts riders 0-80 m.p.h. in 1.8 sec. and shoots them over a 165-ft. vertical tower with G-forces that even astronauts don't endure...
...January, and Greenspan first used the S-word about the economy in July. And look where that's gotten us. No, anyone with at least an arm's-length worth of objective distance from this market had to figure this was another "sucker's rally," a wild and temporary burst of optimism from traders and investors who closed their eyes, crossed their fingers and bought on Friday because, well, it's August and the boss was already in the Hamptons anyway...
...second-grade teacher used the word underpants in a sentence one day, and everybody in the class burst out laughing. She got mad and shouted, "Underwear is not funny!" This only made us laugh harder. It was then that I realized the amazing power of underwear. Not only could it make kids laugh, but it could also make my teachers very angry. What...