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...which after the war soon became the standard means of keeping economic score. It was replaced in 1991 by GDP, which measures production in the U.S. as opposed to production by Americans, but the basic idea is the same. The concept conquered the world--with Germany deserving special mention as surely the only country ever to have produced a chart-topping pop song about GNP (Geier Sturzflug's Bruttosozialprodukt...
...affected athletes. “I think if JV had been all that I expected it to be then the change might not have been necessary, but I think it’s been a really good change for us,” Segal says. Not to mention, no more seven a.m. practices...
...small... think again. In comparison to the record low 7.1 percent rate this year, acceptance for transfers is miniscule (traditionally, about five percent). So really, transfers probably wouldn’t have gotten in anyway, and Pilbeam is just saving everyone’s time and energy, not to mention a lot of seniors’ sanity...
During the appearance of General David Petraeus and Ambassador Ryan Crocker before lawmakers this week, one major aspect of the picture in Iraq got scant mention. Iraq's Sunni insurgency and its most vicious wing, al-Qaeda in Iraq, was hardly discussed, even though Petraeus stressed that the Sunni insurgency remained alive and a potent threat. Anyone tuning in to C-SPAN - including al-Qaeda - might have gleaned a few lessons from the testimony about the U.S. strategy and vulnerabilities in Iraq...
...combat. His red Fokker Triplane holds an iconic place in the history of aerial "dogfights." But in Germany, Manfred von Richthofen, the World War I flying ace who downed 80 Australian, British, French and Canadian planes before being shot down himself 90 years ago this month, barely rated a mention in the history books. Postwar Germany, after all, was leery of celebrating legendary warriors. But now, the star of the "Red Baron" may be rising again...