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...Capitol Hill, meanwhile, hums at peak capacity. Congress is frantically stacking pet projects into a trillion-dollar tower in hopes that--by painting the word stimulus down the side--it will lift off like an economic rocket. There is no Plan B. The hero of recessions past--the American shopper--has left the mall. For the first time in its history, the National Retail Federation predicts consumers will actually spend less over the coming year. Super Spender can't save the day when stuck in the unemployment line...
...comes to surgery and hospital care. Three decades into the revolution, some worry that without greater institutional commitment at the top, the initial enthusiasm that propelled the volunteer network could wane. "This engine is still thriving on its first start. It's like a car rolling down a hill with high speed," says Malek-Afzali. "Even if you stop pushing the gas pedal, it's going to roll." He is concerned that his brainchild could starve if the postrevolutionary fervor that energized it fades with the next generation of health directors. Then again, those directors would have to deal with...
...record shows, mainly because most of the Quakers’ losses have come against some pretty good teams, such as Villanova and other Philly schools, a solid Big 10 in Penn State, and also some team that wears sky blue and plays in Chapel Hill...
JAMISON A. HILL...
...Neither side is expecting the election to alleviate the growing friction. From the doorstep of his modest farmhouse outside Khanaqin, Mudhar Mohammed Madloum can see a Peshmerga checkpoint on one hill and an Iraqi army checkpoint barely half a mile away. Similar pairings are scattered along Diyala's contentious fault line. "The Peshmerga checkpoint has been here since the fall [of Saddam]. The Iraqi army checkpoint has been here for a few months," said Madloum. "They are not both necessary...