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...Inflation Factor Storm-related economic problems are likely to be temporary, but they are still worrisome because the nation is already facing the possibility of reduced growth if the U.S. slumps into a recession. In China, "risks to growth also inevitably mean risks to [social] stability," says Patrick Horgan, China managing director for Washington, D.C.-based consultants APCO Worldwide. "On a big scale like this, it's no longer just about the weather but about the ability of the government to govern." And if you had to pick one area of the economy that scares the authorities in China...
...face two specific challenges: homophobia, both internal and external, and the simple fact that two men are romantically involved. Young males are shaped by biology and culture to be strong, decisive and uncompromising?leaders, not followers. Homophobia is an enormous obstacle, but it is the alpha-male factor that ultimately dooms all but the heartiest gay unions. David Ezell, NEW YORK CITY...
Home court will play a big factor tomorrow night. Not only does Princeton typically defend its home court well—all of the Tigers’ victories this season have come at home—but the Crimson is also just 1-10 away from Lavietes Pavilion this season...
...Just how far and fast Netizens are able - or allowed - to go will be a critical factor in the formation of China's still embryonic civil society. There have been numerous recent demonstrations of the emerging power of the Internet, ranging from exposés of corruption to a web campaign that led to the freeing of hundreds of children and mentally handicapped men who had been kidnapped and forced to work as slaves in brick kilns to the relocation of a chemical plant away from the port city of Xiamen. Still, citizen journalism can be deadly work. Earlier this...
...talk about Clinton's tears winning over the women of New Hampshire may be partly right, but focusing on her emotional moment misses another factor. I suspect that the idiots at Clinton's campaign stop who yelled "Iron my shirt!" did more to turn women Clinton's way. Gerry Turgeon, ROCHESTER HILLS, MICH...