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...reporter gives him a lift. Sitting on the side of the road when they arrive is Gary Pattengill, in some sort of shock. BOOOM! The fire from the hills is devouring the trailer homes one by one, and each time it hits a propane-fuel tank, a tremendous explosion sends flame and shrapnel into the air. "That's incredible," says Pattengill, 53, a recently laid-off sales manager, raising an eyebrow. He too was stopped at the roadblock, and stayed, mesmerized by the destruction. BOOOM! Finally, a piece of shrapnel lands a few yards from Pattengill. "I think...
...record heights. Investment in plant and equipment is hitting levels not seen since 1984. Auto sales are at their highest since 1989; single-family housing starts are spurting. Says David Hale, chief economist at Kemper Financial Companies: "The U.S. economy appears poised for at least a temporary lift...
...attention was diverted when I noticed a more ambitious hand maneuver its paper loop under the largest goldfish in the tub, and lift it swiftly out of the water. I watched the goldfish as it lay tenuously in an iridescent arc, its tail and head hanging over the sides of the fragile circle. In a second it began to squirm and twitch. Tail and head arched spastically upward to meet the other, reversing the direction of its parabolic arc. The goldfish's contorted torso drilled through the water-weakened paper, slipped bodily through the loop in a fluorescent shimmer...
...goal was good, a nice lift shot," Downing said...
...been told that we don't need manufacturing jobs in this country anymore because our "sphere of expertise" has shifted towards service industries like banking and high finance. On the surface, that sounds pretty good. We don't need to create new jobs for fork lift operators or truckers because those are "bad" jobs. Instead we need to create more "good" high-paying white-collar jobs in tall office buildings. The problem is, our deficient education system continues to churn out people who are not qualified to do the "good" jobs. Consequently, there is an intense need for positions...