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...debts and deficits to fight the collapse in output and jobs could destabilize the euro zone. It also reflects Europe's confidence that its economies are more resilient to the banking and housing collapses that have hit the U.S., while its stronger social safety net can soften the political impact of rising unemployment...
...different from you and me. For one thing, their carbon footprints are bigger. Between their private jets, fleets of cars and large (often multiple) houses, the wealthy tend to suck up more than their fair share of the earth's resources. And that's not even counting the environmental impact of the businesses that built their bank accounts...
...Faust’s book stood out among the other finalists’. “It is a very different book,” Mirrer said, adding that it deals with a moment in the nation’s history with sweeping changes. The book is about the impact of death and suffering on the nation’s psyche during the Civil War. Mirrer said the book depicted “a juncture in time where something different happened.” The Society was thrilled to be giving this award to such a distinguished historian...
...poem similarly concerned with nature and spirituality, Nilsson merely lists. The words above have no particular rhythmic quality; the enjambments do not aid the poem’s flow. This list style, prevalent throughout the collection, ensures that these images, individually so enigmatic and striking, lose their impact and individuality. The reader would need endless patience, not to mention an excellent dictionary, to parse the intricacies of every single poem. That is not to mention the innumerable times when Nilsson’s extravagant similes and metaphors strain the limits even of poetic license. “They left like...
...march to go ahead. "Our whole point was to get the masses to know that injustice happened and that someone has been killed," said student Collins Chikezie, 23. "We want Nairobi to feel the effects. If the street is blocked off, at least people will feel the impact." If so, the impact was felt. For hours, Nairobi traffic was badly snarled...