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...Moves like the latter one could wind up stoking the fires of global inflation. After all, it was China's cheap laborers who turned the country into the world's factory. By one estimate, China's manufacturing unit labor cost was just 4% of that of the U.S. in 2005. Now, as the mainland economy powers ahead - GDP growth jumped by 11.9% in the second quarter - real wages of urban workers have been soaring at double-digit rates, rising 18% in the first half of this year alone, according to the government. Add in higher raw-materials prices, and manufacturers...
...Catamounts, Merritt kicked the ball into open space past Vermont’s defenders to assist Sheeleigh 15 minutes later. The rookie raced in for the kill, propelling a clear goal that was carrying too much momentum to be stopped by the goalkeeper’s outstretched hand. The latter half of the match boasted several close shots with sophomore Kelcey Harrison’s kick that grazed the upper left post, missing the net by a narrow margin. Merritt also had an attempt that hit the crossbar and rolled behind the net a few minutes before the game ended...
...step on the field in games, it’s exhilarating,” Akpan added. As if becoming one of only seven collegiate players on a team composed highly of professional international soccer stars wasn’t enough, Akpan added another notch to his belt during the latter part of the summer, when he made a quick transition from the U-20 World Cup team to his home club team, the Dallas Texans 88 Red.Even after missing the beginning of the season, Akpan led his team to the James P. McGuire Cup and the youth national championship title...
...President, in only his fourth veto in nearly 7 years, claimed that the proposal would be too expensive and might encourage those families covered by private insurance to switch to the governmental program. The former is simply a reflection of Bush’s misplaced fiscal priorities, the latter a statement of his lack of concern for working families and his irrational hatred for the public sector. A program such as SCHIP, designed to save families money on health care, cannot be criticized for achieving those goals. Bush also took issue with the possibility–one the bill?...
...were it structured differently, there is no doubt that Ackerman’s narrative would have been as emotionally gripping as Benigni’s. But plot is clearly not the driving force of the book. Instead, Ackerman focuses on stylistic experimentation as well as naturalist observation. The latter is enthralling in its meticulousness, but it distracts and disengages the reader from Antonina. Ackerman the writer clearly has difficulty separating herself from Ackerman the naturalist. Antonina frequently disappears from the page to make room for long and enthusiastic descriptions of the zoo’s animal and plant life. These...