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Today, with the rate hikes behind us, the TIME board forecasts a sunny 3%-to-4% expansion rate in 2001, together with an easing of inflation from some 3.3% this year to under 3%. And while unemployment may creep above 4% as the economy decelerates, jobs should remain plentiful. Says Martin Regalia, chief economist for the U.S. Chamber of Commerce: "The biggest concern of businesses from high tech to trucking is, 'Where will we get the workers to keep growing...
...lives in New Jersey. These days, the only way Hollywood can tell a story of ordinary people struggling with the awesome challenges and compromises of family life is to reduce them to sugarific fantasy. And, further, to view life's choices as Manichean: Jack is either a rich creep or a humanized husband and father. Kate sees it that way: when Jack talks his way into a job with the firm he used to run, she all but refuses the move to Manhattan. Who'd want to leave misery in the 'burbs? "Family Man" is a film that...
...Crimson's defensive pressure allowed it to creep within six on a Tubridy lay-in with 7:28 to go, but that was as close as it would get against...
...mistakes to finish with 23 points on 7-of-12 shooting, including 3-of-5 from three point land. In addition to sharp shooting from behind the arc, the Crimson also made 13 of its 14 second-half free throws, negating Northeastern attempts to slow the game down and creep back in contention...
...nasty flash of self-awareness (seeing us as others see us) on the car radio heading away from the marathon when I tuned in an Irish-American station. It quoted a Dublin political columnist who remarked that the American presidential race amounted to a choice between a creep and a moron. It's OK when WE say it, Paddy, but watch yourself. I found myself feeling almost protective about Gore and Bush. That's OUR creep you're talking about. That's OUR imbecile...