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...trying to predict the effects of the Jeffords switch, you have to wonder how far the Democrats will push this slim majority. Things don?t usually pass through Congress on a very tight margin - you need a 67 majority, not a 51 majority, in order to feel truly in control. And obviously neither party is going to have a majority like that anytime soon...
...When the current downturn ends, though, the $14 billion-a-year image maven faces a much more serious threat on the digital horizon. As prices for digital cameras continue to fall, consumers will abandon film in greater numbers. That means Kodak's high-margin film franchise, which brings in about a third of the company's profits, will bear the brunt of the switch. So even though Kodak has lost some market share over the past few years in a brutal price war launched by Japanese rival Fuji, it still captures a commanding 65% of a sunset business...
...Varsity eight enters the regatta seeded behind Brown and Princeton with a record of 5-1. Its season so far has included a victory over Brown, the defending Eastern champion, and a tough loss to Princeton by a margin of 2.6 seconds...
...that I outshot two of the three members of the U.S. National team and four of the five members of the Army World Class Athlete Program. Both these teams train full-time and compete internationally, so beating them in any aspect of the race (despite the overall mammoth margin of loss) is a huge boost. This shooting performance (hitting 14 of 20) becomes the high point of the whole series...
...Just a pinch of bipartisanship: Republicans in the House squeaked by on Wednesday with a near party-line 221-207 passage Wednesday afternoon; the Senate followed up midday Thursday with a 53-47 margin, losing two of their own and picking five of the Breaux bunch from across the aisle...