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...masterminds Nemo's escape from alkaline. "So you just have to give over and trust them." Or, as Brooks puts it, with a fatalism that is totally Marlin, totally Albert: "You hope it's going to work, and you think, If it doesn't work, I'd rather fail with them." For Brooks, there was one reason to take the role: "'Cause I have a 4 1/2-year-old boy and a 3-year-old girl. Period." If they like it, Dad's a hero...
...growth rate for 2003 has been revised down to a mere 0.75%; the number of jobless has swelled to 4.5 million; tax revenues are estimated to be €9 billion less than forecast; and harassed Finance Minister Hans Eichel recently admitted that, for the second year running, Germany would fail to keep its budget deficit below the 3% threshold required for the euro - and he wouldn't be able to balance the budget by 2006, as promised. If the Meisterbrief ever is abolished, analysts say, some new businesses may open in the short term. But their chances of survival...
...enough fear can also be dangerous. People unafraid of natural risks like solar radiation, or risks they think they can control like driving, or risks that are associated with perceived benefits, such as smoking or alcohol consumption or fat-and-calorie-rich diets, fail to take adequate precautions—and they too face a greater likelihood of premature death...
...that the war is over and the U.S. occupies Iraq, the country's role as swing producer presents a different set of problems. If Iraq limits its production to 2.5 million to 3.5 million bbl. a day, it will fail to generate enough revenue to rebuild its infrastructure, pay off at least a portion of the $400 billion it owes in debt and war reparations, modernize existing oil fields, open new ones and raise the living standards of its people. In fact, a State Department--sponsored advisory group of Iraqi exiles has concluded that the country needs to double...
...Angeles Times reveals that in 79 percent of L.A. child support cases, paternity is established by default judgments in municipal court, meaning that paternity is simply presumed but not proven. Men are declared “default” fathers when they fail to contest paternity allegations within a month, but many men report that they never learned of the allegations in time...