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...other products. Says Wang of Hangxiao Steel: "As soon as we can, we'll pass the increases on to our buyers." Morgan Stanley's Xie predicts that "at least in the short term, the world could see global inflation because of what's happening in China." The unhappy knock-on effect: to keep inflation under control, central banks around the world might begin raising interest rates, which would shave corporate profits and make it costlier for individuals to borrow money...
...worst knock against a gas tax is that it is, well, a tax. Who likes that? But with soaring deficits and a war to pay for, taxes are not an option--they're a necessity. The only relevant question is, Which taxes? The case for a gas tax is a straightforward one. Gas prices are strikingly lower in America than anywhere else in the world; such taxes are relatively easy to collect; since an overwhelming majority of Americans drive, few avoid the tax; and by adding a cost to the wanton consumption of gasoline, you actually encourage conservation, accelerate fuel...
This is not a knock on a show that has been the unwanted child in a brood of Sondheim hits that stretch from A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum to Into the Woods. No, he's raising the alert level for good, practical reasons. Back in 1991, just before Assassins opened off-Broadway, the first Gulf War broke out. The patriotic climate was not ripe for a musical that showcased nine killers and would-be killers of U.S. Presidents; the show got mixed reviews and never moved to Broadway. A decade later a new, Broadway version...
...Cornell had rallied from the same two-goal deficit on April 10 in their 9-8 overtime defeat of the Crimson, but this time Harvard bore down and refused to let its third chance to knock off a ranked favorite slip away...
...greatest potential boons to student choice would be to knock off a semester of work in a concentration...