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...also still on the rise. In real time - as opposed to economic-report time - we're now halfway though the second quarter, and weekly unemployment claims have been headed up all this time - and the four-week rolling average, over 400,000 at last count, is definitely knock-knock-knocking on recession's door. In this era of market madness, consumers may well have wearily learned to separate their portfolios from their household budgets. But no economist is yet suggesting that they'll continue to spend without a paycheck...
...China reacted most vehemently to the Bush-Rumsfeld speech, saying the U.S. "has violated the ABM Treaty, will destroy the balance of international security forces and could cause a new arms race." Beijing knows even the initially modest system proposed by Clinton--a fleet of 100 missiles designed to knock out as many as 25 warheads from the heavens--could render obsolete their 20 single-warhead, long-range missiles, which can reach the West Coast of America. Once that system is in place, Beijing's leverage with the U.S.--especially on the touchy topic of Taiwan--could be crippled...
...This was not a refusal to leave the game despite a crippling injury, nor was it a duel to the finish with an old nemesis. This was just slobber-mouthed, dull-brained, lactic-shocked, mouth-breathing, eyes-rolled, pray-to-God, stumble-forward, ears-back, nose-running, beyond-exhaustion, knock-kneed, autopilot maneuver that out of sheer luck resulted in topping the hill rather than waking up in the hospital. It was as heroic as falling down a flight of stairs or slamming your hand in a car door...
This amounts to a golden protection policy for the first couple seeds in the tournament. Vermont became the first team in the ten-team qualification format to knock off a No. 1 seed this year in the first round by eliminating Clarkson. How much less of a chance would Brown have? How embarrassing will it be for the league to trot out its doormats as “playoff-ready” teams...
...newspapers, and after a bit it seems normal. Here's my latest: A clean Premier for a clean country." Despite her popularity in the role of Berlusconi, Guzzanti has other things on her mind these days. Ironically, she's not getting far away from the man she loves to knock. She's working on a film to be distributed by Medusa - one of the many companies owned by the Berlusconi family...