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...potential foreign investors. In a report this month, Wolfango Piccoli, a Turkey expert at consultants Eurasia Group, wrote: "Despite its large parliamentary majority and past pragmatism, the government has remained essentially idle while Turkey is facing the double challenge of a slowing economy at home and a global credit crunch...
...paired up again, this time scoring from the left side with less than a minute remaining in the game. The Crusaders’ offense was no match for the Crimson backline, as the Crusaders could only muster one shot on goal over the course of the game. It is credit to a strong Harvard defensive effort, wich has stepped up its game over the past weeks. Freshman keeper Austin Harms made the lone save to record his third shutout of the season. The closest Holy Cross got to scoring was in 52nd minute, when Paul Tearson ripped a shot...
...members. But he looks back on his four-year tenure in office as a success. He recalls persuading an 85-employee local firm not to relocate elsewhere: "It wasn't like I promised them anything, I just told them how much they meant to our city." He also claims credit for upgrading his police officers' weaponry and the subsequent decline in gang activity on the streets. "We made it undesirable for them to be there. It's called firearm superiority...
...alternative-energy economy. His rationale for doing so includes some hard truths about the current economic mess: "The engine of economic growth for the past 20 years is not going to be there for the next 20. That was consumer spending. Basically, we turbocharged this economy based on cheap credit." But the days of easy credit are over, Obama said, "because there is too much deleveraging taking place, too much debt." A new economic turbocharger is going to have to be found, and "there is no better potential driver that pervades all aspects of our economy than a new energy...
...direct and pragmatic. His best moments in the debates came when he explained what he wanted to do as President. His very best moment came in the town-hall debate when he explained how the government bailout would affect average people who were hurting: if companies couldn't get credit from the banks, they couldn't make their payrolls and would have to start laying people off. McCain, by contrast, demonstrated why it's so hard for Senators to succeed as presidential candidates: he talked about Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac and the sins of Obama, and never brought...