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...Reid's claim that George W. Bush would reduce Social Security benefits 40% was hogwash. The President has merely stated the obvious, that reductions will be necessary. Reid also made the absurd comparison between Bush's very conservative investment-account proposal and Las Vegas gaming tables. Finally, there was the boorish and possibly unprecedented hooting of the President by Democrats during the speech...
...remaining to have its own old school fight song: “Fly Eagles Fly,” is the defining chant of Philadelphia, and it is so far superior to the mean-spirited and vindictive “Yankees Suck!” of Boston as to make comparison between the two insulting. Eagles fans have remained unbelievably loyal over the past 44 years of disappointment since the Eagles last won the NFL title, a championship earned so long ago that the it was not yet called the Super Bowl...
...also attracting, particularly in comparison to past years, a more diverse applicant pool,” Shaw said...
...Bertie Krohn, a frustrated actor languishing in the shadow of his famous father Perry, who created Starwatch: The Navigators, "TV's longest-running syndicated space opera," i.e., Star Trek by any other name. Bertie's a bright, affable fellow, but every little success he has feels cheapened in comparison with his dad's overpowering accomplishments...
...problem; these may not be the best of economic times, but they're far from the worst either. Why are so many venerable stores struggling? The reason is that Europeans are changing the way they shop. Once loyal to a single local store, they are becoming avid, American-style comparison-shoppers, sniffing out bargains and variety from a large number of competitors. Stores like Britain's Tesco (which now pulls in half of British shoppers every month) and ASDA (owned by the world's No. 1 retailer, Wal-Mart), and Germany's Aldi (the powerhouse of discounters) use their size...