Word: holidaying
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...towns and tiny villages came together to elect a new government. I tagged along at one of Rahul Gandhi's campaign rallies, and watched his cousin Varun's inflammatory speeches on YouTube. I calculated the anti-incumbency factor and tracked the post-Mumbai-attacks backlash vote. Counting day - a holiday in India - was dramatic. By the afternoon of May 16, the alliance led by the Congress Party, which had been expected to squeak through to a majority, won decisively. But when it was all over, and the purple ink marks on my neighbors' fingers had started to fade, I couldn...
Demauro declined to reveal how much money she won, but gambling experts estimate that if she made good bets, her winnings were probably in the hundreds of thousands; expert bets would have put them in the millions. Demauro and Capra spent the rest of their holiday weekend in Atlantic City, and even returned to the same craps table two nights later - but only as spectators. "The expectations were too high," she says. "I wasn't ready to be the shooter again...
...data there will be four unemployment reports that cover May, June, July, and August. These will be the four most important economic indicators of the summer. They will show whether the government stimulus package has been even modestly successful, whether there will be consumers who can shop during the holiday season that now seems to start in September, if there are buyers to participate in the struggling car markets, and citizens who can be taxed rather than being a tax on the federal and state governments. The news will be particularly bleak if the economy sheds more than...
...Salutes. The all-inclusive Holiday Inn SunSpree Resort in Montego Bay, Jamaica, is offering a 55% discount to all active-duty and retired U.S. military service members. Book your trip with promotional code 155MIL and stay...
...Harbor Beach Resort and Spa in Ft. Lauderdale, Fla., is offering a $50 resort credit every day, plus an extra $50 credit on any day that Weather.com forecasts by 8 a.m. a 50% or better chance of rain. Rates start at $279 per night. Use promotional code SF8. 3030 Holiday Drive, Ft. Lauderdale...