Word: hoped
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...weeks. If the auto-sales rate drops below expectations, there is always a chance Congress may come up with a similar or totally new stimulus idea, but that won't likely happen unless we experience another period of sustained sub-10 million level [in annual car sales], which I hope never happens again...
...first batch of numbers instilling hope that we've arrived at a bottom shows that house prices are beginning to creep back up. The S&P/Case-Shiller index of home prices in 20 cities saw a 1.4% gain between May and June. That's only the second time the index has risen since the summer of 2006 (the other time was the month before). Once you adjust the data for seasonality - the fact that houses tend to sell for more money in the warmer months - the increase in July was actually the first since May 2006. Home-price data from...
...Still, advocates like Airan-Pace say the banks, perhaps because of Geithner's grousing or because they've gotten up to speed on MHA's procedures, have stepped up their modification activity in recent weeks. That's giving them hope that MHA perhaps has a future after all. "This month we've actually been raking them in," says Airan-Pace, who's now confident that she'll be able to work something out for Milligan...
Microfridge: 1. Refrigerator-microwave combo rented out by HSA to sucker first-years who have no hope of either keeping their food cold or heating anything up within three hours. 2. It’s sometimes cheaper to purchase one than to rent from...
...reformists struggle to keep the opposition momentum alive at a time when government forces are making it nearly impossible to demonstrate on the streets, Karroubi is taking a different tack from Mousavi. The opposition front-runner announced the creation of a new movement, the Path of Green Hope, but as a broad social movement rather than a full-fledged political party. Karroubi, for his part, has said that he won't be joining the Path of Green Hope. Instead, he's focusing his efforts on holding the government on an issue that has clearly resonated with the Iranian public...