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With so many sets of seemingly conflicting economic data coming out on Thursday and Friday, Wall Streeters could be forgiven for taking a wait-and-see attitude as the week ended. The stats, showing both hopeful and distressing signs about potential inflation, were enough for investors to keep their heads in the sand and concentrate on catching the wave of a rebound market for tech stocks. What they can't afford to do, however, is to ignore the figures that most interest Fed chairman Alan Greenspan - labor costs - as he prepares to decide whether to raise interest rates again when...
...Even putting aside for a moment the much increased danger of prostate cancer, do we really want men to turn later life into a hormonal keg party? The thought could be mildly exasperating to women, who might be forgiven for greeting the news with the same feelings china shop-keepers have for bulls. But this is the point at which the discussion of testosterone veers into the metaphysical...
...take issue specifically with the possibility that even "Hitler can be forgiven" as a way of ridiculing salvation through faith. The speaker can only be accused of a lack of imagination; people often use Nazism as an example of absolute evil...
...piece unwittingly insults a central theme of Christianity, namely that sins can be forgiven. If even criminals can hope for change, others who have committed far less serious infractions will be permitted to do good. It allows healing and reconciliation between transgressors and victims and facilitates a path to peace--essential for interpersonal relationships and international diplomacy...
...there's a catch. Fears that loans forgiven without strings attached will only enrich corrupt governments without helping the poor have led rich countries to impose strict conditions. As a result, the benefits of debt relief have so far been limited to a few desperate countries like Mali, Guyana and Burkina Faso. Many others, including Nigeria and Haiti, may be years away from similar programs...