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...first thing I learned from talking to Nasuk is that calling someone an Eskimo isn't cool, since some believe it's a term for raw-meat eater. That sounded pretty bad until I realized it's exactly what yuppie meant in the 1980s. A proud Inupiat, Nasuk said that when her people were hunter-gatherers in the freezing North Slope, they sometimes had to leave behind the weak and elderly. "My understanding is that elders would voluntarily stay behind. It wouldn't have been a cruel practice. It would have been an acceptance of 'I'm dying...
...mused, because Michelle wouldn't stand for it: "She would impeach him herself!" Obama's election victory was inevitable the minute Oprah Winfrey endorsed him: "There's nothing bigger than Oprah. Oprah can do anything. 'Betcha can't make a black man President.' 'Watch me!' " The joke isn't Obama himself; it's the cultural shift - and the country's reaction to it - that he represents...
...North Carolina Cheers, Dad Binge drinking isn't just for college students anymore. A recent Duke University study found that 23% of men and 9% of women over 50 have more than five drinks in one sitting at least once a month--a level of consumption that researchers warn can pose serious health risks. Those who overindulged, the study found, were often coping with such problems as unemployment, divorce and prescription-drug abuse...
...bubble years. Does Las Vegas appear cheap? Sure. The current ratio there is 14.6, significantly below where it's been over the past 15 years (19.3). But that average has been influenced by the go-go years. Exclude them - by looking at just the 1990s, say - and the result isn't so clear-cut. The '90s-only ratio, 13.9, indicates that renting is still a slightly favorable option...
Auto sales couldn't be much slower, and the near future isn't looking that much better, says Bruce Rapp, who sells GM cars, Subarus and Jaguars in Syracuse, N.Y. "There's incredible change going on in our industry, and it hasn't shaken out yet," he adds...