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...DELHI, INDIA Dream Over "No one dares mention the word shares in our house these days," whispers New Delhi software engineer Sandeep Goyal, "especially not when Dad's around." It's soon evident why. His father, a retired banker, is watching a religious sermon on a Sony flat-screen TV that, along with Sandeep's shiny new HP laptop, is a very visible sign of newfound affluence in the living room of the Goyals' modest home. "I warned him," the ex-banker says suddenly. "Never put all your eggs in one basket. He should have invested in government bonds...
...serious blow. To keep the prices of its exports competitive, Beijing has reversed a policy begun three years ago that allowed its own currency, the yuan, to gradually increase in value relative to the dollar. After rising 6.4% during the first half of 2008, the yuan has been flat against the dollar since July...
...question of temperament can come to stand in for when there just don't seem to be a lot of other ways to predict someone's behavior ... and you've seen this much more in campaigns. George W. Bush is a good example. [He appeared] to be just very flat during the campaign. It was hard to tell what he thought ideologically. And how he behaved in office, of course, was different in those terms ... I was just trying to think of examples of moments that have become kind of our iconic moments of ideal presidential temperament. The Cuban missile...
...next graph charts the presidential race. For the past two weeks, it has been nearly flat. Gallup's daily tracking poll, for instance, has been remarkably stable. Every day for two weeks, Obama has been within 1 1/2 points of his average, while McCain has been within a single point...
...strings for a regal effect. But the musical lines frequently stopped before the end of the phrases, and, despite the music’s religious undertones, the delivery lacked fervor. Even during the piece’s most climactic moments, the orchestra’s sound felt flat in the 1,166-seat concert hall. Sakir led precisely but cautiously. After Sakir’s brief stint on the Sanders stage, he was relieved by Hangen, the conductor of the BCO, who introduced California-born soprano Wendy Bryn Harmer to conclude the first half of the concert with the prelude...