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...extent of the first-quarter slowdown was confirmed last week by a spate of key indicators. The Commerce Department said consumer spending, which accounts for two-thirds of the GNP, fell .5% in March to record its sharpest drop in 1/3 months. At least part of the recent buying weakness reflects a monumental Government snafu. The Internal Revenue Service's glitch-filled installation of new computers kept consumers from receiving $6.8 billion in tax refunds in February and March. Those refunds would probably have been quickly spent and helped the economy...
...born optimist. When he asks the young Indians doing jobs outsourced from the U.S. whether they are worried about terrorism or war with Pakistan, they tell him they're too busy working. To Friedman, that's a sign that a flatter planet will be a better one. "To the extent that this process happens," he writes, "it will absolutely make the world safer for American kids." It's tough not to hope he's right. By Romesh Ratnesar
...come out of this tradition. Kubrick’s Eyes Wide Shut, Stroheim’s Greed, and Herzog’s Fitzcarraldo are good examples. But it’s still problematic to me that, especially in America, our auteurs have increasingly come to be judged by the extent of their excess. We seem to be constantly grasping at straws to rescue excessive mistakes of the past as well, like with Heaven’s Gate...
James’ wit and personality permeates the book, to the extent that her stages seem to all be based on personal experience. One wonders what former roommate is the naïve “New Graduate” and what hated and despised former boss is now called “The Worker Bee.” James occasionally injects a shot of realism, reminding readers that “You don’t just wake up one day, stretch, look at the sun and say, ‘Oh baby, I’ve found...
Student activists have pledged to forge ahead with their campus divestment movement until Harvard sells its shares in Sinopec and reveals the full extent of its holdings in companies with ties to Sudan. The SEC only requires Harvard to reveal its investments on domestic stock exchanges...