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...business. Now they're more primary." At Imparali Custom Tailors in New York City, new custom-suit sales fell about 20% in 2008, while revenues from fix-up jobs jumped 30%. Matt Harpalani, the shop's manager, notes that many of his customers who have lost weight now opt for an alteration rather than a new Armani. "The alteration business has paid our rent," Harpalani says. (Read "How to Know When the Economy Is Turning...
...Nowhere is that more true than in politics, where Italy's gerontocracy and unwritten party rules co-opt the young with the false promise that they should wait for a few years and their turn will come around. By the time they do finally step up, once aspiring (and inspiring) leaders have long since lost their mojo and forgotten the new ideas they once had. (See pictures of Italy's good life...
...staffed to provide this level of round-the-clock care, smaller hospitals typically rely on anesthesiologists on call. Among obstetricians, many solo practitioners are unable to stay for what could end up being a 24-hour delivery; others calculate the loss of unseen patients during that time and instead opt to do hour-long cesareans, which are now the most commonly performed surgeries on women...
...time of economic uncertainty, it remains unclear whether eligible staff workers will opt to leave their jobs. Choosing retirement would have a certain finality: those who leave under the plan will not be eligible for re-employment with the University for at least one year from the date of retirement, according to the package...
...should anyone be surprised that it happened this way? It’s not every day that circumstances allow you to co-opt your opposition. The New Deal and the Great Society were not bipartisan initiatives. Look at it from the Republicans’ point of view. What do they gain from bipartisanship? If Obama successfully builds bipartisan support for his agenda, who gets the credit? John Boehner and Mitch McConnell...