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Reflection on Sales: Millions more Whoppers sold, if Burger King has it its way. It's selling knock-offs of the glasses...
Having spent the better part of the current congressional session throwing knock-down punches at each other over impeachment, guns, Hollywood and the budget, House members on Tuesday turned to the subject of boxing. A House commerce subcommittee heard testimony from boxing promoter Tony Holden in support of legislation pinning down his peers to a set of national standards. The bill, which seeks to even the matchup between wheeling-and-dealing promoters and their often young and inexperienced charges would, among other things, require promoters to reveal more financial information (including their take from boxers? purses) and impose...
...Federal Reserve Board will not be satisfied with such modest rate hikes. In order to nip in the bud any renewal of inflation, the Fed will begin an aggressive tightening of credit and deliberately push interest rates much higher still. That will cause a chain reaction. It will knock stock and bond prices much lower, make consumer buying and business investment more difficult to finance, and maybe put a stop to what is about to become the longest economic expansion in U.S. history...
...marvel at how far we have come since 100 years ago when the Harvard class of 1899 was all white and all male," said Edney, who told graduates to continue to work to "knock down the fences that divide." At least one sleepy senior--roused by House officials at 6:30 am along with the rest of his class--admitted to sleeping through the morning ceremonies which lasted over two hours...
Long after they've grown up, your kids will recall the view from the backseat--the way you laugh at their knock-knock jokes, the promise of a treat at the next rest stop, your willingness to tell one more story about that horse Dixie, his owner Mary Beth and all their animal friends on the farm in Tennessee. So whether you're headed for a nearby campground or a five-star resort, you owe it to your place in posterity to make getting there as much fun as being there. Bon voyage...