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...have a downside too: It keeps American exports pricey in the eyes of consumers in resurgent Asian and European economies. So Greenspan's best hope for reducing the trade deficit is that the interest rate increases he has made already may be enough to slow the U.S. economy and curb its voracious appetite for imports. "Interest rate hikes generally slow down consumption after about a year," says Baumohl, "and the Fed has been raising rates since last June, which ought to slow down imports." Overall, he says, Greenspan shouldn't be too worried. "It's fairly safe to say that...
...Puffin's kin 2. Sale-tag phrase 3. Polly, to Tom 4. One of Mia's exes 5. HUD secretary who's proposing new laws to curb predatory lending practices 6. McCain's father and grandfather: Abbr. 7. Hole starter 8. NSX automaker 9. Its projected insolvency has been pushed back to 2023 10. Pay stub? 11. Machiavellian 16. Heights that Syria would like to recover 19. It may have an EIK 21. Novi __, Serbia 22. Alaska's first Governor 23. It's worth about a penny 24. He now wants to ban "soft money" 25. They want to resume...
...they've gone too far." The high-profile break echoed his father's termination of his N.R.A membership over a fund-raising letter that labeled gun-enforcement officials "jack-booted thugs." The Governor will probably deflect Gore's attacks by pointing to several laws he passed that aim to curb gun violence in schools by punishing those who sell guns to minors, increasing penalties for juveniles caught with a gun and penalizing parents if negligence leads to their gun being used by a juvenile in a crime...
...Matthew F. Lawson '00, who said he developed a "slight Twinkie problem" after watching a Hostess commercial recently, the strike has helped curb his addiction...
...Right now, though, U.S. output levels are still increasing annually, and cutting them will require some painful sacrifices in the world's most evolved car culture. Short of banning gas-guzzling SUVs and risking a revolution, adding tax remains, as Europeans have found, the most effective way to curb consumption. After all, even at $2 a gallon, gas is still a bargain compared with the inflation-adjusted prices of 20 years ago. And it is certainly a lot less than in Europe, where a highly taxed gallon can cost between $3 and $4. But this is an election year...