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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...demand in the U.S. has dropped 10% in the few weeks, continuing a year long trend. According to the U.S. Department of Transportation, Americans drove 15 billion fewer miles in August, or 5.6% less than they did the year before. DOT says it's the largest ever year-to-year decline recorded in a single month. Over the past 10 months, Americans have driven 78 billion fewer miles than they did in the same 10 months the previous year - sure proof of what economists call "demand destruction...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: What's Behind (and Ahead for) the Plunging Price of Oil | 10/24/2008 | See Source »

...ceremony not only marked what would have been his father's 87th birthday, but also an historic moment in U.S. history - the national debt was shrinking. Because the clock wasn't built to count backwards, Durst pulled the plug. Just two years later, following the burst of the dot-com bubble and the economic fall-out of 9/11, he turned it back on. The billboard has ticked forward ever since...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Times Square Debt Clock | 10/14/2008 | See Source »

...nothin’ but love for ya.” The only other person of color who shows up in the novel is Pat’s therapist, Cliff, whom Pat’s brother and friends call a “dot head.” When Pat reveals that he knows Cliff, however, his brother changes his behavior, and the incident is quickly forgotten, if not resolved. The child-like complacency of Pat’s narration only serves to heighten the tension of such comments. Like Pat’s friend Danny, most of the people...

Author: By Rachel A. Burns, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Quick's Book Is a Few Plays Short | 10/9/2008 | See Source »

...Kashkari grew up in Stow, Ohio, an Akron suburb. As a high school student, he was a fan of heavy metal bands like AC/DC, whose lyrics dot his high school yearbook. He is 35 years...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Neel Kashkari, the $700 Billion Man | 10/8/2008 | See Source »

House: Currier Concentration: Social Studies Hometown: The T-Dot (Toronto, for the uncultured) (Canada, for the really uncultured) Ideal Date: My date would write my thesis and get me a job while I enjoyed my senior year What do you look for in a girl/guy: Confidence, intellect, a great smile, and the complete understanding that I am always right Where to find you on a Saturday night: Anywhere there’s music Your best pick up line: Do I know you? Because you look a lot like my next boyfriend Best or worst lie you’ve ever...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Scoped! | 9/17/2008 | See Source »

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