Word: floridas
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...bankruptcy in South Dakota (one of the nation's largest ethanol producrs). A global drop in cotton demand hurt the region's cotton farmers, who saw both a decline in prices and one of the smallest harvests in 25 years. Homebuilders in the Sixth District, which includes Alabama, Florida and Georgia, noted historically high inventory numbers, despite Florida's modest gains in real-estate sales last month. "On a bright note," the Fed describes construction companies in Texas as "acting orderly and pragmatically, just waiting for things to bottom out" and "not behaving in a panic mode...
...This scheme would keep most Detroit workers employed while avoiding the indiscriminate award of vast sums to the automobile industry. Most American-made cars are very good. New owners will presumably be pleased and for their next new car, be inclined to buy American again. Bart Varelmann, Spring Hill, Florida...
...receive far higher pay and benefits than non-union workers in comparable jobs. As long as the labor bosses' power remains, Detroit's Big Three are doomed. President Truman stood up to the railroad unions. I hope Barack Obama will stand up to the auto unions. John Bucur, Wellington, Florida...
...Florida hanging-chad, butterfly-ballot, television-network-confusing fiasco. The presidential race between Al Gore and George W. Bush was eventually decided by the Supreme Court, which voted 5-4 to suspend recount activity, a decision that ultimately awarded the state and its Electoral College votes to our 43rd President. There were machine counting, hand counting, ballot inspections, dispute over absentee votes, a powerful Florida secretary of state named Katherine Harris and enough hand-wringing that the transition between Bill Clinton and Bush was delayed by six weeks...
...lawyers to precincts and states where the vote is expected to be close. The idea is that the legal groundwork for a recount and the financing of it can be laid down ahead of time. John Kerry and Bush had well-staffed legal teams in place in Ohio, Florida and other states before the 2004 presidential election for this very reason. Often, recounts are triggered automatically by extremely close margins, as in the Minnesota race; in some states, a candidate can request a recount, finance it and be reimbursed with public funds if the recount reverses the vote. (Recounts...