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...million question is, Will large grocery chains thwart Post's intentions by using the wholesale-price cuts to fatten their own profits instead of lowering shelf prices? While companies such as A&P vowed last week to pass along "most" of the savings, others are being coy. Many could well be reluctant to undercut their own house brands, which have even higher profit margins than national brands...
...doubt he's being coy with this modest proposal. But coy or not, he's missing the basic point that the stock market is a far more important national resource than the bond market, particularly the government bond market. After all, what is the government bond market except a creation of Uncle Sam's inability to pay his bills? When you "invest" in government bonds, you are merely the enabler that allows the deadbeat Uncle to continue to live in arrears, the same as if you lent the money to a neighborhood credit-card abuser...
...interview, when broadcast in Britain, was a ratings smash. Perhaps it even topped Oprah's thoughts on lesbian mothers whose transgender children like to play with cake doughs--or Ricki Lake's slightly more racy exploration of "Hot and Heavy Overweight Women Who Like To Sleep Around." Diana's coy smiles and canned answers seemed to have greater appeal than these other staged circuses, maybe because she is seen so seldom on the talk show circuit. Or maybe it's because the interview was conducted by the venerable and home-grown British Broadcasting Corporation. Or maybe it was because...
...coy smile slickly slathered on her face...
...Turkish troops from the anarchic region of northern Iraq. "If they form their bases again, I will go in there again," she added. "But we're not going to stay there." Yet, asked today whether Turkish troops would be out of Iraq within a month, the prime minister was coy: "I can't give you a date, but relax about...