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...considering the collapse of Ralph Reed's political dreams, it's tempting to conjure up biblical parables about Jesus instructing his followers in humility by suggesting they go "sit in the lowest place"--or of pride going before a fall. Reed was the preternaturally boyish spear carrier for the religious right, the brash Evangelical who transformed the Christian Coalition into a populist power center, then helped usher Republicans into control of Congress and George W. Bush into the presidency. The next step was launching his own political career in his native Georgia: Reed would be elected Lieutenant Governor this November...
That is the question that vexes travelers seeking air tickets--buy, or wait in hope of a price drop? Thanks to computer scientist Oren Etzioni, an answer may be just a few mouse clicks away. Etzioni's site Farecast.com original name was, of course, Hamlet--provides the lowest fare on a route, a 90-day price history and, using a novel predictive algorithm, a tip to "buy now" or "wait," along with a figure indicating how confident Farecast is in its advice. (Flyers buy directly from the airlines.) Boston and Seattle are currently the only searchable points of origin...
...that "there was real concern Barclays' buying some huge stash to support their ETF was going to move the market." Interest-rate jitters and overheated speculation led to declining prices for most commodities beginning in May, however, and by the end of June, SLV was trading close to its lowest levels. Barclays downplays any notion that SLV, its gold fund IAU or, for that matter, any of its 184 other ETFs might have tilted global indexes. "ETFs as a whole represent about 5% of total mutual-fund assets, so they're not going to drive markets," says Barclays' Kranefuss...
...With over 20,000 applicants and the lowest admissions rate in the country—about 10 percent—Harvard’s admissions officers face nearly impossible choices...
...major laboratory testing company offered the cheery news recently that the percentage of American workers who tested positive for illegal drugs last year was the lowest ever. Being a dominant player in the more than $1.5 billion a year drug testing field, Quest Diagnostics naturally attributed much of the decline - from a high of 13.6% in 1988 to 4.1% in 2005 - to rituals like peeing in a cup. Drug testing "is an effective deterrent," said Dr. Barry Sample, director of science and technology for the employers solutions division of Quest. It "absolutely" works, he emphatically stated...