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...Even if the aid package passes, it's no guarantee domestic carmakers will survive. Consumption, the chief engine of economic growth in the U.S., could shrink roughly 1% in 2009 in what could be the worst recession since the 1930s, according to Richard Curtin, director of the University of Michigan's survey of consumer sentiment. As if Detroit isn't hurting enough, its biggest longtime booster in Washington, Michigan Representative John Dingell, lost his powerful perch as head of the House Energy and Commerce Committee in a caucus vote on Thursday. For 28 years, Dingell had helped craft every piece...
...region this week was aimed at trying to pick off a few outlying, affluent suburbs where his tax plan is popular. Yet Obama still looks strong there. "If Obama can run up big numbers in the suburbs outside Cleveland, then this thing could be a blowout," says Mike Curtin, publisher emeritus of The Columbus Dispatch...
...over 72 on Saturday before posting an 11-over 82 yesterday, while Mayer improved upon his first-round 78 with a five-over 76 in the second round. The tournament team title was won by St. Bonaventure, while the individual title went to Iona’s Sean Curtin, who posted back-to-back scores of 72 to finish 2-over, one stroke ahead of Central Connecticut’s Matt McClure. Harvard’s ninth-place finish pales in comparison to the strong team showing last weekend at the MacDonald Cup, at which the team placed fifth...
...nicely in your hands. "Our speeches are leaner than most, and more direct," writes the one-time speechwriter to former Prime Minister Paul Keating and now director of the global issues program at the Lowy Institute. Although his choices favor Labor leaders such as Keating, Gough Whitlam and John Curtin, there's a good sample from the Tories, including Robert Menzies, Alfred Deakin and John Howard. Each selection is adroitly and briefly introduced. Fullilove laments that today's speechmaking and writing ain't what they used to be, particularly in foreign affairs. Yet in the era of short attention spans...
...Crumbs wanted to hire me because, after eight years in journalism, I could be had cheap. This still didn't work out well for them. Which is why I'm trying to make it up by plugging the show. It premieres this Thursday! 9:30 p.m. E.T.! ABC! Jane Curtin! Fred Savage! William Devane! Tell your friends with Nielsen boxes...