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Whatever it might be called, Sinai believes, the economy's gains will be too small to prevent a rise in unemployment, from the 4.4% in November to around 5% at the end of 1999. He agrees, however, that the U.S. can fight off an outright recession, largely because, like Reaser, he expects consumer spending to continue to be strong. Some economists are worried that official statistics indicate consumers are spending more than their income, and fear this cannot continue. Sinai, however, says much of the spending is coming from sources the government does not count as "income"--specifically, money that...
According to Bouchard, landlords lie to tenants outright, telling them that they have no rights, and prey on ignorance...
...colossal reevaluation of priorities is required. It is of immeasurable importance that we stop viewing titles and other forms of institutional recognitions as reliable signifiers of worth. Most titles are not altogether reliable (is everyone at Harvard as intelligent as you expected them to be?), and some are outright capricious (has every Oscar-winning director really made the best film of the year?).It is the responsibility of every Harvard student to remain most skeptical about the value of even the most "valuable" awards...
...game headed into overtime in a 16-16 deadlock, my complacency waned. Barring a safety, the spread had gone out the window and the Lions would have to win outright to secure...
Local (and federal) taxpayers supplied the dollars not just for the outright corporate welfare, but also by picking up the costs of new classrooms and teachers, homelessness, increased crime, dwindling property values and an overall decline in the quality of life...