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...year plan aimed at reducing the U.S. budget shortfall from its current level to a still hefty annual average of 3.6% if everything goes well. The deficit amounts may be less dizzying in Europe, but they're still a major cause of concern for fiscal purists who fear that some governments may end up drowning in red ink. Twenty of the European Union's 27 members are running deficits to ease their way through the global recession, with the average pegged at 7.5% this year. Three years ago, the E.U.'s deficit average was just 0.8% of the bloc...
...movie theater, though, is a public, not intimate, space - a cathedral, not a confessional. Knowing this, Hollywood mostly avoids feature-length sentiment and concentrates on movies that can rouse a crowd. People in theaters don't mind laughing out loud or gasping at a shock scene; both humor and fear are audibly contagious. Sentiment isn't. If you are moved by an inspirational film, you may sob furtively, then slink away and recommend the film to your Aunt Mildred...
...confronting and truly aiding these children in discovering the bigger motivational, psychological, and emotional factors that were causing them to act out academically or otherwise, these administrators were quick to scream, intimidate, and channel the children to uniformed officers for reprimand. This treatment served to desensitize them to the fear of authority or detention, and began preparing them for a life within the justice system at an early...
...American soil. The two had nothing in common other than being Muslims. And yet with the release Monday, Feb. 1, of Abdullah's autopsy, their cases continue to haunt one of metropolitan Detroit's few successful communities. The immigrants who have made this America's largest Muslim community now fear they may face the scrutiny they endured for years post-9/11. (See pictures of Detroit's beautiful, horrible decline...
Leaving aside the airlines' reputations, however, there is another question at stake in the Concorde trial: Should companies even face criminal charges after their planes crash? Several U.S. safety officials say prosecuting and jailing airline employees could make them too afraid to report maintenance or design flaws, for fear that they might be blamed later for accidents. "If airlines were protected from criminal prosecution, those fears would dissipate," says Michael Barr, an aviation-accident specialist and instructor at the University of Southern California. "You have a whole lot of people who believe that accidents are just that - accidents," he says...