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...fact, the First Lady has been a one-woman stimulus package for the suffering fashion retail industry. Designers, store buyers, shoppers and stock investors are all watching her every move. And she has been in the White House barely 100 days. "She's the first thing my clients want to talk about," says Jennifer Black, president of Jennifer Black & Associates, a retail equity research firm. "She's a huge deal. And I don't think this is a short-term thing. Sometimes you get a flash in the pan, but that's not going to be the case with Michelle...
...nationals and also to perform well at an event that brought together many of the top collegiate teams in the country.“It was a very competitive weekend of racing,” Garrity said. “Things were made a bit trickier by the fact that we were only able to get in eight races in each division, which is a rather small sample size. This meant that not all of the top teams might qualify, so we needed to perform well.”The regatta, which was co-hosted by Harvard and MIT, consisted...
...start, al-Maliki's original alliance with al-Sadr raises questions about the Prime Minister's scruples. Al-Maliki and the Iraqi policymakers close to him did not necessarily see a problem working with a murderous militia that held considerable sway in the Iraqi army and national police. In fact, al-Maliki, who is Shi'ite, appeared more inclined to accept Shi'ite militia support than U.S. military help...
...Gorka Landaburu, the mere fact that a non-nationalist might hold the region's highest office represents an unprecedented recognition of Basque political diversity. "It's an important day, you could even say an historic one," says the editor of the San Sebastian-based periodical Cambio 16. "Basque society is a plural society. This election reflects that...
...with those parties barred from running in the last election, this is the first time in modern history that there are no pro-ETA groups in parliament. That fact, coupled with the knowledge that ETA is at what is widely considered to be its weakest point in history, may enable López to capitalize on new talk of a negotiated peace. "Sooner or later, we're going to achieve what all of us - nationalist or non-nationalist - want, which is that things calm down in the Basque Country," says Landaburu, himself a victim of ETA's terrorism. "Maybe this...