Word: non
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...coded language of central bankers that means inflation is a non-issue at the moment and that Europe's monetary czars are now focused on ensuring that there is enough liquidity in circulation to keep the economy moving. With prices for oil and other major commodities falling, Trichet predicts a sharp drop in the inflation rate to between 1.1% and 1.7% next year from 3.2% to 3.4% this year. "This is a very significant rejection of everything that they've said before," said Jörg Krämer, chief economist at Commerzbank. "There will be a further interest rate...
...College Students 45.79% Non-College Students...
...five top-selling cars in America are not "foreign." Many overseas carmakers build cars in the U.S. Why do these cars offer a better bang for the buck than GM's? The answer is with the United Auto Workers, who receive far higher pay and benefits than non-union workers in comparable jobs. As long as the labor bosses' power remains, Detroit's Big Three are doomed. President Truman stood up to the railroad unions. I hope Barack Obama will stand up to the auto unions. John Bucur, Wellington, Florida...
...Their ability to work here, just like our ability to study here, deserves to be preserved. First, we do not—and we all must not—view staff interests as separable from our own. These are the people who make Harvard run. Specifically, many non-department committees, such as History and Literature, rely especially heavily on staff. There is no telling how students’ experiences could be affected without them—or the hundreds of more invisible Harvard workers. Directly or indirectly, the budget crunch will harm student life, but it shouldn?...
...Finally, ballistic missile defense is very, very expensive. The non-partisan Government Accountability Office estimates that $107 billion was spent on missile defense by 2007, and another $49 billion will be spent if the program continues until 2012. The yearly $10 billion program budget alone is more than twice the yearly State Department budget for the Foreign Service. When more funds are being allocated to failed weapons systems than to the nation’s diplomatic corps, something has gone wrong...