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...other side of the tracks - literally Amtrak's line from Washington to Richmond - the county's eastern corridor is one of the fastest-growing areas in the state, home to a Latino population that has swelled from about 5% of the population in 1990 to approximately 20% in 2007. Along the Occoquan and Potomac rivers, the state's northern and eastern borders, historic black neighborhoods argue for space with new developments: golf courses, strip malls, gated communities, retirement villages - many that stand half finished, caught off guard by the subprime crisis. Such bedroom communities have been the worst...
...raincoats, it turns out, have holes in them. With the chances for a global recession increasing, it's becoming clear that not even the world's fastest-growing major economy can avoid a pronounced slowdown. Any remaining hopes to the contrary were dashed recently when China's National Bureau of Statistics released the country's latest economic data: in the third quarter, GDP growth had slipped to 9%, the slowest quarterly pace since 2003. Meanwhile, estimates for 2009 growth are being slashed to as low as 8%, which would be a dramatic deceleration from last year's 12% rate...
...Walsh, like more and more Irish parents, sends her children to a school where all the lessons are taught in Irish - Ireland's indigenous Celtic language. Over the past decade, gaelscoileanna, as the schools are called, have become one of the fastest-growing sectors in Irish education. And though they still only comprise 5% of Ireland's schools, their number has tripled since the early 1990s...
...first varsity eight placed sixth overall and third among collegiate crews with a time of 17:36.954 for the 5K race.“I think we were hoping to place a little better than we had, but that being said, for the 1V…this is the fastest we’ve done the course,” lightweight captain Rebekah Kharrazi said. “The conditions were kind of rocky at points, which means we’re getting faster, getting better, and that’s pretty exciting.”The Crimson...
...Michelle Guerette’s race the day before [ours],” Howard said. “It was such a great race to watch.”At the mid-point of the course Guerette was in fifth place, but her last two splits were the fastest of all the competitors, bringing her to within a hair’s breadth of the Bulgarian victor with a time of 7:22.78.Behind her success lies another story of accomplishment. For Butt, this was not the first time advising an Olympic athlete. He has coached athletes in each...