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...family decision." For pro-life activists, McCain's purity on the issue has been suspect since last summer, when he told the San Francisco Chronicle that he would not work to overturn Roe v. Wade. (He later rescinded the comment, or tried to.) Now there was fresh fuel on the fire, and McCain had to spend the rest of his day smothering flames from reporters and rivals such as the surging fringe candidate Alan Keyes, who sermonized on the subject during Wednesday night's G.O.P. debate. At first McCain's debate responses were flat--he answered Keyes' philosophical question with...
...desired relief to consumers hammered by oil prices that have hit a nine-year high, courtesy of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), whose members have by agreement kept supplies tight. As the cost has surged, some industries have reacted. Airlines such as American and United have slapped fuel surcharges on tickets. With crude stocks dwindling, further price increases threaten to ratchet up inflationary pressure...
Daily letters and editorials in The Crimson accompanied by anti-gay graffiti in Adams House soon after Gomes's self-outing added fuel to the fire. For a brief moment, Peninsula was on the tip of everybody's tongue...
...unprecedented good times, are heading out to shop with a vengeance, at the expense, analysts say, of their savings accounts. Counterintuitive as it may seem, people tend to spend feverishly during economic upswings, entertaining thoughts of saving only when the well runs dry (which, of course, strangles fuel to an already spluttering engine). Thus is removed the cushion that could have prevented a plummeting economy from suffering a dead-cat bounce. Gibney is a little more optimistic, and points to a softer landing. "The underlying strength of this economy makes it difficult to see how there could be a major...
Childish feelings of mini-deprivation like this are, I suspect, helping fuel a run on luxury products for kids by parents who feel that their darlings should never go without. The robust economy and stock market have created a lot of new prosperity, and parents are increasingly swaddling their children in cashmere crib bedding, bespoke baby ball gowns and tuxedos for toddlers. At the same time, they are worried that their kids take wealth for granted, and struggle to prepare their teens for a less lavish life once they get out on their own. Inevitably, some Wall Street investment advisers...