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...most part enthusiastically endorsed by U.S. business. And the fact that the White House is relying on the votes of GOP senators and representatives but having to fight hard to win the requisite Democratic support is a reminder that even in these days of New Democrat/Compassionate Conservative centrism, the formula that casts the GOP as the party of business and the Democrats as the party of labor hasn't been entirely forgotten. Indeed, while George W. Bush has firmly endorsed China's entry into the WTO; Vice President Gore, mindful of Senator Bradley's challenge from the left, has waffled...
...need to compete and you need to qualify according to some mathematical formula," the junior professor added. "Faculty tend to look less needy than staff, so junior faculty are not always able to get the scholarships they would like...
...This means, of course, that we must get the small details out of the way. The 152nd installment of the Hasty Pudding Theatricals, The Jewel of Denial, thankfully does not stray from the tried and true Pudding formula--glittery costumes, terrible puns, a theater full of drunk alums to laugh when no one else does. But do we still love it? Of course we do. Who wouldn't? The Pudding transcends theater, transcends critical scrutiny, even transcends the magnifying glass of one Dan Wagner '03 (the HRDC wishes it were as transcendent...
...that help them determine how many logs they can expect to need in Atlanta in January or in Denver in November. The model, created by Planalytics, tracks Duraflame's historical sales against weather data for the same time period and then makes projections from long-range weather forecasts. The formula is a lot more complex than the simple deduction that cold weather equals sales. Regional buying habits, for example, are taken into account. In Jacksonville, Fla., fire logs sell when temperatures dip into the 60s. In San Francisco, people buy when it's rainy. And in hardy Chicago, the mercury...
...Greenspan is concerned that demand for products and services is growing at a faster pace than the economy can supply," says TIME financial writer Bernard Baumohl. "That's the formula for inflation." This rampant demand, notes Baumohl, is based largely on the success of the stock market, in which an unprecedented percentage of Americans now have a stake. "The Fed sees the stock market leading consumers to act in a way that may not be rational," he says. "Consumers check their portfolios and see gains, and spend money based on those gains before cashing in their stocks." That...