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...Because the Fed also knows what it doesn?t know. "The terrorist attacks have significantly heightened uncertainty in an economy already weak? Business and household spending as a consequence are being further damped," the Federal Open Market Committee said in its statement before telegraphing that its rate-slashing regime wasn?t over just...
...burning issues in the average Muslim-American household are far less likely to be political than fairly standard sitcom fodder. A child refuses to wear a hijab. A mother suddenly realizes that despite the prohibition on premarital dating in most Muslim households, her daughter's "good friend" is really a boyfriend. A married couple notes bemusedly that while they attend mosque only once a month, or possibly twice a year, their college-age son, like many of his peers, seems to be returning to religious observance. Meanwhile, in his dorm room, that son is plying the Web in service...
...friend noted how quickly a question about one’s friends and relatives became a platitude. One needs not say more than “Is everyone...?” and the questioned would comprehend. If the question were uttered between friends, aware of a household in one of the affected states, it would most certainly be the first part of a greeting. Otherwise, perhaps it was inserted after inquiries about the summer or even at the very end of a conversation. How would you react if the person had said, “Yes, my father was killed?...
...budget. Lacking the flexibility of most commercial operations (I can't exactly "downsize" my children), I took stock of my situation recently. I realized that if we were going to spend less than 100% of my salary every month, I was going to need the assistance of my entire household, all of whom regard themselves as fully empowered members of the family income disposal committee...
...billion this year alone. It would also allow these workers to travel back and forth, which is far too dangerous right now for most of those lucky enough to have eluded the Border Patrol once - and that cements the ties to home, and probably the southward flow of household capital, too. Politically, the current immigration regime is perceived by Mexicans as brutal, inhumane and an assault on their dignity, and that compounds a profound sense of resentment south of the border. The basic message Fox brought to Washington was that his is a new Mexico, and it wants the trust...