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...economic dynamics, as they play out in national markets, can be even more complicated. Take India, for example, where rice prices are rising fast, contributing to 7% inflation last month, the highest in more than three years. The country is not suffering from a classic case of tight supplies. National rice production this year should hit 94 million metric tons, up more than 2 million metric tons from last year and more than 20 million metric tons from 2003's crop, which was devastated by a bad monsoon. Nor have shortages hit a government-run rice-distribution program that helps...
...economy may be dreary, but the fashion forecast remains bright. Last season's monochromatic gray trend is fast fading from memory as orange emerges to punch up summer wardrobes. The sunny hue first appeared on Miuccia Prada's fall 2007 runway, and then Raf Simons picked it up for his spring 2008 collection for Jil Sander. Now orange is turning up on everything from Pucci's new sunglass collection to Furla's braided-handle tote and Louis Vuitton's modernist cuff. And on an elaborate gown at Dior's haute couture show, the hue oozed regal glamour. In the home...
...international community, which brokered the peace deal, is fast losing patience with both sides. Former U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan, who mediated the agreement, has repeatedly urged the two sides to come to a deal, and the European Union on Tuesday warned both sides not to lose momentum...
Because of Chenoweth’s earlier accomplishements and his determination to succeed, his teammates anticipated that the fast time he achieved at Friday’s race would come sooner rather than later...
...upping the stroke rating up to 36 from the 34 they raced at in the prelims. “We had a sort of relaxed sense of power,” Morgan said. “We were in control of ourselves and we knew that Washington would be fast at the end so we wanted to extend the lead through the middle.” Unlike the second boat, the first varsity eight was unable to race its way past the defending national champions in the finals of the Copley Cup, as Harvard mustered a third-place finish behind...