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...country as they are overseas. And it’s not as if Parisians are just too impolite, too hostile, to support local groups. In fact, they’re a little too nice. Jazz, no matter its quality, gets standing ovations. And at a show by British dance outfit Hot Chip (pronounced by the Francophones around me as “Haute Sheep,” which I think is probably a better name), the Parisian crowd was anything but rude, cheering after every song, infuriatingly permissive of the band’s mere half-hour set and refusal...
...most important thing is to call your mortgage servicer--which may not be the outfit that made the loan--and talk to the loss-mitigation department as soon as you sense trouble. The more temporary the help you seek--a forbearance, say--the more likely you are to get it. Lenders prefer workouts to foreclosure, but attitude is key. "It's not easy to be polite when you feel dragged through the mud, but this is an art, not a science," says Scott Thompson, president of the realty group Mortgage Resolution Services. If you seek relief for an investment property...
Forecasters are, as a group, notoriously bad at predicting inflection points, so you shouldn't take this dire talk to the bank just yet. At the Economic Cycle Research Institute, an outfit with a good record of at least noticing when recessions have begun, the indicators still point toward growth--albeit less convincingly than two months ago. "Having a jobs report come in negative does not mean that a recession has started," says managing director Lakshman Achuthan. But the risk is there, and Achuthan guesses it will worsen if loan markets fail to calm down. If a month from...
...same heavy, energy-sapping suits - and that is what Dava Newman, professor of aeronautics, astronautics and engineering systems at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, wants to change. Newman and her team of researchers have just unveiled a promising new prototype called the BioSuit: a sleek, white, clingy outfit, whose revolutionary design has the potential to make astronauts feel as agile and au courant as Spider...
...Islamic sects that are intent on undermining democracy and Turkey's treasured secularist principles. For the the sake of the nation, says Koseoglu, they must be defeated at the polls. "We want to expose the true face of the AKP and make sure no vote is wasted." The little outfit to which he belongs, formed a year ago under the title the Kemalist Politics Group, is one of scores that have emerged in in the run-up to parliamentary elections on July 22. In a rare expression of political will from a middle class that has traditionally seen scant need...