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...consumes most American cities. It would be even less auspicious if you tried to save money by living right outside the city, and while sitting in bumper-to-bumper traffic going to work one day, the bridge you were on collapsed. Yet gridlocked traffic, increasingly long commutes, and sub-par roads and highways are becoming an accepted part of everyday life...
...much of the year, the Canadian dollar, known as the Loonie after the lake-bird pictured on the one-dollar coins, was trading at par with the U.S. dollar. That squeezes manufacturers and grounds exports, since a strong Loonie deprives Canada of a cost advantage it has enjoyed for years. The Canadian dollar has weakened recently, but now the financial problems threatening to push Detroit's auto industry over the brink have also gripped the Canadian subsidiaries of GM, Ford and Chrysler. See the 50 Worst Cars of All Time
BOSTON Bally's Silino calf case ($1,350) is right on par with this historic city's preppy, classic style...
...brokers hear such questions a lot, of course, and most finetune a response that's polite yet noncommittal. In this case, however, Slater was inclined to do more. Cave seemed to know everybody and could instantly recognize voices on the other end of the phone. "She was a receptionist par excellence," says Slater. "I thought, She's a pretty smart cookie, so I assumed her brother would be out of the same mold." John should talk directly to him, he told Cave, and he gave her his card...
...push the envelope on his third album. I wasn’t expecting his signature use of Auto-Tune to be abandoned in an attempt to expose a hidden, Nas-like flow or a melodious, Usher-like voice. I was hoping for an album of infectious tunes on par with previous hits like “Buy U a Drank (Shawty Snappin’)” and “Bartender.” The reality is that more than half of the 21 tracks on the deluxe edition of “Thr33 Ringz” blend into...