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...fight terrorism and that smaller tax receipts resulting from the economic downturn played a bigger role than Bush's tax cuts in the deficit increase. The President has now promised to cut the deficit in half over the next five years. To achieve this ambitious goal, he wants to limit discretionary growth to 4% next year. But his budgeters are likely to make that number by not counting emergency, defense and homeland-security costs. Above all, the Bush team is counting on growing out of the deficit. If economic activity is robust, the thinking goes, revenues from taxes will increase...
...central as insulin resistance has become to understanding Type 2 diabetes, scientists are starting to wonder whether another factor, the inflammatory response, may also play a key role. Inflammation is a complex biological process the immune system uses to limit the damage caused by various injuries. (Ever notice how a turned ankle swells or a sunburn feels warm to the touch? That's inflammation in action.) But when inflammation becomes chronic, it no longer limits damage. In fact, it starts to do harm to the body...
...store workers, according to a study by an Austrian trade union. By the time the big day arrives, the study says, hours of listening to piped carols such as Jingle Bells and Silent Night will have made many store workers aggressive and confrontational. The union wants shops to limit the number of hours per day the music is played, and restrict it to areas where Christmas gifts are being sold...
...think it’ll be good for us to get on the road, because I think the road-style game is going to benefit us now,” Kolarik said. “Play tight D, limit our mistakes, and win those one- or two-goal games. That’s the kind of game we’re going to have to play, night in and night out, whether we’re at home or on the road … It’s going to be that kind of a season, and the sooner...
...said, “because that’s the kind of game we have to play night in [and] night out, whether we’re at home or not. We have to play that tight defensive game, and we have to really limit our mistakes and win those one- or two-goal games...