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...promotion to the professional English Football League. And for a place that never really existed on the map, Ebbsfleet has arrived. The club was known as Gravesend and Northfleet until May when it was renamed to match the new Eurostar station nearby which opens next week. This is handier than you might think: with MyFC members based in over 75 different countries, Eurostar is also the club sponsor. Air links are pretty good too for the 1,400 new owners based in the U.S., 475 in Australia and 400 in Norway, if they want to check out their charges...
...e.p.t. provided an answer in two hours. A new version introduced this week, Improved e.p.t. Plus, takes ten minutes. Even the trusty old thermometer has been improved. Marshall Electronics' digital thermometer, which gives an easier-to-read display, cost $39.95 when it was released in 1979. Today's handier model is priced at just...
...record $60.3 billion in November, up from $56 billion a month earlier. How to explain the missed call? Moody's Investors Service labeled it "an atrocious month for U.S. exports," suggesting "ineffective business and government leadership may be to blame." But U.S. Treasury Secretary John Snow found a handier target: America 's major trading partners aren't buying their fair share of U.S. goods. "We need Europe to be more of an engine of growth," Snow pleaded. So who should budge? "Ultimately, the solution lies at home," says Professor Barry Eichengreen, a California-based fellow for London 's Centre...
...realities of the congressional schedule have started snapping into focus, so has Bush's message. Fading fast is the once-dominant sales pitch about his plan being the road to economic recovery. (Bush will find the argument handier as he pushes for speedy part-by-part passage, starting with the nonnegotiable - according to Bush - across-the-board cuts, because it remains a convenient way to woo crossover Democrats.) But the emphasis is clearly back on passing a cut for that classic Republican reason: "Giving the people their money back...
...foot. He also was worried that their flashy design would ruin his East Village hipster reputation. But my goose wasn't loose, and I like attention. More important, I was skating faster than ever. Sure, the Outback Xs were smoother on bumps, and the Natures handier for running errands, but for pure skating joy, the TR8s win my vote...