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...market and the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks the dollar remained unexpectedly and even inexplicably strong. Now the euro's day may have finally arrived. Last week, the euro was trading 10% higher than in February and economists think it has room for further appreciation. But is the euro's new-found strength really good for Europe? Maybe not. Sure, inflation will be held in check and prices for such imports as Jeeps and gasoline will go down if the euro is strong. But what really counts is why the currency is rising in the first place. "I think...
...response to this new-found public interest, books on these subjects have been jumping out of basement shelves and leaping into lighted display cases in the windows of bookstores all across America. As Gilles Kepel’s Jihad: The Trail of Political Islam is a newly published addition to this lot, it too will most likely receive this coveted position...
...physical tingle, and which make people want to fuck.” And so when I asked him how Monday’s concert would get me laid, he was quick to reply, “All I can say is thoroughly.” But consistent with his new-found “lovey-dovey vibe,” he promises “more of a smoochy thing, less of a full-on boot knocking thing.” Drawing on the breadth of Soul Coughing material and the depths of his own talent, Doughty?...
...curve was pre-decided, and 10 percent of students received As. I knew from day one that the prodigy in my section who could recite international constitutions from memory was going to receive my section’s A. This was not motivating. I also knew that given my new-found grade competition, I would get an easy B by handing in papers I would classify as “adequate.” But no A, no matter what...
...school inflection and nasal twang a la Billy Corgan gives the chorus “Jump for joy” a strut that Bono seems almost incapable of these days. “Hide Away” is so infused with trademark Jagger-swagger it would turn new-found fan Britney green. Jagger alternates between wailing like a saxophone and muttering like a gangster, “Make sure that I never come back/Disappear and I never come back/Haaaaaaaiiide away...