Word: leas
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Most economists agree that the U.S. recovery is far weaker than the recent 2.7% GDP growth spurt indicates. "That was a nice number, but not sustainable," says Lea Tyler, manager of U.S. economic forecasting for Oxford Economics in Pennsylvania. The results included a temporary bulge in defense orders and a consumer shopping spree that blossomed in July but quickly faded in August. Moreover, Tyler said, the mild drop in unemployment from 7.5% in September to 7.4% reflected a shrinking labor force as students returned to the classroom and discouraged workers stopped looking for jobs...
Casting is as crucial a decision for cartoons as for live-action films. Aladdin's voice cast includes curmudgeonly comic Gilbert Gottfried as Jafar's parrot and Lea Salonga, the original Miss Saigon, as the singing voice of Jasmine. But the true inspiration was to have the Genie voiced by Williams, whose comedy routines pinball from one manic impression to another. Every time Williams would lurch into a new character, even if for a second, the Genie would assume that form. In five recording sessions spanning 15 months, Williams simply revolutionized cartoon voice acting. "Until now," Katzenberg notes, "we have...
...members of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences are: Lea Professor of Medieval History Thomas N. Bisson; Ford Foundation Professor of Science and International Affairs Ashton B. Carter; Professor of Economics Claudia D. Goldin; Professor of Mathematics Benedict H. Gross; Professor of Astronomy Robert P. Kirshner; Professor of Medical Anthropology Arthur M. Kleinman...
...Bisson, who is Lea professor of medieval history, says that though the department is "very mindful of the decline in enrollment," he maintains that "the American history department is not in crisis...
...those who say it is wrong to produce one life to rescue another, Lea Ann responds, "Who are they to judge?" Her own answer is that Natalie, center, now 6, is healthy, as are her sisters...