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...realize from the air, and Rumsfeld hinted at the likelihood of some form of special forces deployment. Even then, Bin Laden's men are believed to be widely dispersed in hostile terrain, and the likelihood of fierce Afghan resistance and the country's hard-earned reputation as a graveyard for foreign armies makes a full-blown invasion an unlikely option...
...weakest since, well, the last recession. "I think the full effect of these layoff announcements will take effect in the second half," PricewaterhouseCoopers senior retail economist Frank Badillo told the Wall Street Journal. Leaving the American consumer either too scared or too jobless to keep whistling past the graveyard and directly to the mall...
...shoulder injury required occupational therapy that would have interfered with school hours. The Carnells decided to keep teaching her at home because they feel they can do a better job than local schools. To teach her math and science in the mornings, Fred, a government cartographer, works the office graveyard shift, which means he and his wife Debbie, a claims adjuster, hardly see each other. The family rarely eats dinner together, and the parents are constantly exhausted. Says Debbie: "I have my schedule down to the hour on an Excel work sheet...
...Economy, still hovering at or about (or below) zero growth, not responding. Unemployment ticking up. Consumers, making up two-thirds of said economy, desperately needing to continue whistling past this graveyard and spend as if they still had a secure job and a solid portfolio. And now the commonly quoted date for turnaround is edging into next spring...
DIED. JERRY STERNER, 62, playwright who penned the 1989 off-Broadway hit Other People's Money; of a heart attack; in New York City. Back when the New York subway cost 15[cents] to ride, Sterner worked the graveyard shift as a token seller. During nearly six years manning his booth, he wrote seven plays...