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Since March, the dollar has lost about 15% of its value against the world's other major currencies. That's a dull way to put it, though, so you're more likely to read or hear that the greenback is "wobbling," "slumping," "plunging" or even "collapsing." Marc Faber, a Hong Kong-based investment guru with a flair for the dramatic, went so far as to declare in a TV interview a few weeks ago that the U.S. currency was on its way "to a value of exactly zero...
...just partisan hacks and Chicken Littles who are worried about the dollar. There are (at least) three good reasons to fret. First, the events of the past 14 months have made predictions of impending economic doom seem a lot more credible than they used to. When Faber forecasts not only a worthless dollar but also a "collapse of our capitalistic system as we know it today," it's impossible to dismiss him out of hand. Second, the data point that has dollar worriers most alarmed - burgeoning U.S.-government debt - is for real. Finally, the global monetary setup...
...Answer Man, which was called Arlen Faber when it showed at Sundance this year, has more going for it. Jeff Daniels plays the long-ago author of a spiritual best seller, Me and God, who's since become a recluse in the most photogenic part of Philadelphia. He crawls out of his shell to meet a single-mom chiropractor (Lauren Graham), befriend a recovering alcoholic (Lou Taylor Pucci) and make a public display of vulnerability - all staples of the genre, as is the plangent piano score that indie films employ to tell viewers what to feel. (Sometimes watching a sweet...
...East), 3-2, in overtime last night at Bright Hockey Center. Despite outplaying the Wildcats through the last 25 minutes of play, Harvard gave UNH an opening when sophomore Liza Ryabkina drew a holding penalty with 1:21 left in extra time.The Wildcats seized the opportunity. UNH senior Sam Faber won a faceoff in the Crimson end, and fed the puck to junior Jenn Wakefield.With 39 seconds left, Wildcat sophomore Courtney Birchard received the puck in the right circle, and wristed it through a screen and into the back of the net to end the game.“Obviously...
...Brine said. “It’s not a game that takes a lot of effort to get motivated for.”The Wildcats are led offensively by sophomore Jenn Wakefield, who has posted 19 points in 13 games, junior Kelly Paton, and senior Sam Faber. Sophomore goaltender Kayley Herman currently has a 2.44 goals against average. And New Hampshire is unbeaten on its home, Olympic-sized ice, with a 5-0-2 record at the Whittemore Center. “We certainly enjoy playing New Hampshire. They’re a strong team and it should...