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...secondary metropolitan markets. It's not just Las Vegas in Nevada anymore, it's Reno. It's not just Phoenix in Arizona, but it's Prescott. I think that's really tracking the buying patterns that we saw a few years ago. The other trend is, if you follow unemployment patterns, you're seeing pretty significant increases in foreclosure in places that have been hit hard by unemployment. So Fayetteville, Ark., and Boise, Idaho, and Portland, Ore. - places that have not traditionally been foreclosure hot spots have all seen foreclosure activity go up pretty significantly...
...what could almost be contrived as a follow-up to this summer's run-in with the Cambridge police, Harvard has now taken to developing its own meter to determine if in fact people are implicitly racist or sexist. Enter "Project Implicit...
...Virginians in particular have consistently repudiated the new President by choosing a governor from the opposite party. The Old Dominion is likely to follow that pattern again in 2009, with Republican Bob McDonnell holding a substantial lead in recent polling. If the Democrat, Creigh Deeds, loses, the GOP will retake the executive mansion in Richmond for the first time in over a decade. Democrats will blame the loss on local issues and a weak effort by Deeds, but there will be no denying that Obama and his agenda played a role. Some conservatives are turned off by the Administration...
...Lost America I wholeheartedly agree with Michael Schuman's views in "American Lament" [Oct. 12]. America's influence, reach and power is waning, but on the other hand, we read President Obama's compelling speeches on the Internet, follow the Nasdaq index, and accept the U.S. dollar as a base currency. America might have lost its direction in recent years, but I believe the best is yet to come under Obama's leadership. Sirinthra Malhotra, Bangkok, Thailand...
Unless you're a musical or an import from London, you'd better have a Chicago accent to make it in the Big Apple this season. The second major play to open on Broadway this fall is another Chicago product: Superior Donuts, Tracy Letts' follow-up to August: Osage County, his multi-award-winning family drama that stormed Broadway nearly two years ago and is now on a national tour. Chicago theater's most celebrated export, David Mamet, will be represented on Broadway with two works this fall: a revival of his 1992 drama Oleanna and a new play, about...