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...even within the E.U., there are vastly different attitudes toward spending. Some member states are pumping huge sums into the economy: Spain's $115 billion public-works-led program is equivalent to 8.1% of GDP, while the Bank of England has just begun a $100 billion bank-note print run. Others, such as the Czech Republic and Estonia, are holding back because they don't believe in jump-starting their economies with stimulus packages - or because, like Italy, their ragged budgets cannot stretch to offer more than...
Despite hailing President Barack Obama’s move to lift restrictions on federal funding of embryonic stem cell research, scientists at Harvard note a potential negative impact of the decision: a decrease in philanthropic and state support for their projects...
...know, and I used to resent this self-destructive behavior, wallowing in post-text shame. But after three years in college, I’ve learned to embrace it. In fact, I’m proud to be a textual harasser. In my opinion, a little love or lust note never hurt anyone...
...incident in question involved several Chinese naval vessels harassing a U.S. surveillance ship off the island of Hainan. But despite the soothing words of the two top diplomats, it's a safe bet that more such incidents can be expected in the future. The Pentagon was quick to note that the mariners aboard the U.S.N.S. Impeccable were civilians working for the Military Sealift Command, while the Chinese side stressed that the confrontation involved local fishing boats. The reality is that the incident occurred because both sides are preparing for war - "shaping the battlefield," in military jargon - for a conflict that...
...else. Granted, there are some interesting narrative angles, as in “Listen to Your Friends,” where the protagonist wakes up from a coma and tries to unravel what happened to him (I’ll give you a hint—it involves a note in his pocket which reads “I don’t ever want to see you again”), but most of the lyrical content vacillates between drivel and schmaltz. Yet in order to maintain commercial success, perhaps NFG need do little more than tweak their music...