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Shoppers Cool on Yule? Europe's Christmas shopping season may be a bit less than merry this year. The overall economic outlook is suddenly taking a turn for the worse, as the rising euro chokes growth, and business and consumer confidence across the Continent is weaker than was expected even two months ago. Retailers in Britain are bracing for the worst December in a decade, according to a survey released last week by the Confederation of British Industry; just 12% said they expect sales to be good. In France, shopper sentiment has also slid sharply since September. Some countries' consumers...
Corea has a very fresh outlook on music and the nature of aesthetics. He envisions melodies in many aspects of life and is often inspired by the wealth of beauty he finds in the world around him. He said: “The actual act of composing music is similar to the act of painting or writing a poem [in that] you summarize life […] You see a nice sunset; you’re the one whose mocking it up because you notice that it’s beautiful. It’s you that?...
...relief suggestion comes at a time when the government is trying to rein in a budget deficit that amounted to 3.3% of GDP last year. Although the fiscal outlook has improved lately due to a pickup in the local economy, many officials and politicians say a sweeping overhaul of Hong Kong's tax system, such as introduction of a sales tax, is needed?making it harder to sell a reform that looks like tax relief for gamblers. In September, Financial Secretary Henry Tang said he might consider the reduction if it could be clearly demonstrated that tax revenues would...
...Such an outlook can safely summarize who Edwards is, both as a player and a person. Talk to him, talk to his friends, and you quickly find that the lesson he obeys when returning punts and kickoffs is the same he follows when hauling in Ryan Fitzpatrick bombs as an All-Ivy wide receiver. He is more than the blur weaving downfield, or—on other days—the unfairly easy target that he resembles on special teams. The lesson is the identical one he follows...
Indeed, people are still surprisingly sexually conservative in our time: gay marriage and gay, period, in most conservative circles still represent an anathema; an antiquated, often religion-bound outlook on sexual behavior still abounds among the majority of Americans. Kinsey, which touches on several sexual taboos, is going to spark several discussions on this front...