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...Parker, research director at the Pew Research Center in Washington, D.C., spoke with TIME.com Wednesday about the poll - and what Americans are ready...
...because it tends to have weak domestic demand. Unemployment remains relatively high - in part because those strict labor rules make employers reluctant to hire - and Germans aren't eager to part with their deutschemarks even in the best of times. "It's saving for a rainy day," says Neil Parker, market strategist at the Royal Bank of Scotland. "But it's going to have to rain pretty hard before Germans consume...
...stock market. They haven't watched a big portion of their net worth go up in flames along with the NASDAQ, so they still have money to spend and invest. But perception is important here, too. "Equity markets are seen as the bellwether of economic vitality," says Parker of the Royal Bank of Scotland. It's just possible, he warns, that with the U.S. and Japanese economies in real doubt and the FTSE and dax falling, fear alone could trigger a "global contagion." Even people who haven't been seriously damaged yet could suddenly decide to stop spending and keep...
...budget--the largest Comedy Central has ever attempted, although it won't say precisely how big it is--gives the show convincing White House sets. "This is very expensive for Comedy Central. There's almost no way they can make money on it," says Parker. "I'm thinking we get to do eight of these, and that's it. But they'll always...
...noted in the brief obituary you published on pool shark "Fast Eddie" Parker [MILESTONES, Feb. 19], I disagree with Parker's claim that author Walter Tevis, my late husband, used Parker as the model for his character Fast Eddie Felson in his novel The Hustler (1959). More than a few pool sharks have claimed to have been the inspiration for Felson in the years since the book was published and the movie released. My husband invented his characters. As Walter said, he gave the character of pool player Felson attributes fairly common to any pool player: "Some charm, some nerve...